O'KEEFE, William Raymond
| Service Number: | 3641 |
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| Enlisted: | 28 November 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 1st Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Raymond Terrace, New South Wales, Australia, 1892 |
| Home Town: | Bulahdelah, Great Lakes, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Pennant Hills, New South Wales, Australia, 25 August 1929, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Sandgate General Cemetery, Newcastle, NSW CATHOLIC 1-N Spec. 5. |
| Memorials: | Bulahdelah District Roll of Honour WWI |
World War 1 Service
| 28 Nov 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3641, 1st Pioneer Battalion | |
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| 24 Jan 1917: | Involvement Private, 3641, 1st Pioneer Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Anchises embarkation_ship_number: A68 public_note: '' | |
| 24 Jan 1917: | Embarked Private, 3641, 1st Pioneer Battalion, HMAT Anchises, Sydney | |
| 11 Jul 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 1st Infantry Battalion | |
| 23 Aug 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 3641, 1st Infantry Battalion, "The Last Hundred Days", GSW right thigh | |
| 10 Aug 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 3641, 1st Infantry Battalion, 2nd MD |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
Served and suffered during The Great War, resting at Sandgate Cemetery.
92 years ago today, on the Tuesday afternoon of the 27th August 1929, Private William Raymond O’Keefe, 1st Battalion (Reg No-3641), labourer from Bulladelah, New South Wales and Pennant Hills, N.S.W., was laid to rest at Sandgate Cemetery, age 37. CATHOLIC 1-N Spec. 5.
Born at Raymond Terrace, New South Wales about 1892 to Daniel O and Matilda M O'Keefe of Wilton Street, Merewether (The Junction), N.S.W.; husband of Amy G O'Keefe nee Jack (married 1924, Hamilton, N.S.W., died?), William enlisted November 1916 with the 1st Australian Pioneer Battalion at Sydney, N.S.W.
Wounded in action - 23.8.1918 (GSW right thigh), William returned home June 1919, being discharged on the 10th August 1919.
Mr. O’Keefe’s name has been inscribed on the Bulahdelah War Memorial (photos, unveiled on the 25th April 1997, 150 names inscribed).
William’s headstone inscription gives us no indication of his service with the 1st A.I.F., so I will place poppies and a 1914-1918 WAR label in remembrance of his sacrifice for God, King and Country.
Could descendants please contact me with photos and more information.
Younger brother Cyril Daniel (1st Australian Tunnelling Company, Reg No-5594, born 1896, died 19.11.1963, Newcastle, N.S.W.) also served 1st A.I.F.
Lest We Forget.
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