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O'KEEFE, Bernard Daniel
(Service number 60250)

Aliases	Bert
First Rank	Private	Last Rank	Private

Birth

Date	11/03/1897	Place of Birth	Kerrytown

Enlistment Information

Date	11 April 1917	Age	20 years
Address at Enlistment	62 North Street, Palmerston North
Occupation	Flaxcutter
Previous Military Experience	J Battery New Zealand Field Artillery - still serving
Marital Status	Single
Next of Kin	Mrs D. O;KEEFE (mother), 62 North Street, Palmerston North
Religion	Roman Catholic
Medical Information	Height 5 feet 4½ inches. Weight 140 lbs. Chest measurement 32-39 inches. Complexion fair. Eyes blue. Hair light brown. Sight, hearing & colour vision all normal. Limbs well formed. Full & perfect movement of all joints. Chest well formed. Heart & lungs normal. Teeth good. No illnesses. Free from hernia, varicocele, varicose veins, haemorrhoids, inveterate or contagious skin disease. Vaccinated. Good bodily & mental health. No slight defects. No fits.

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in	Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation	New Zealand Expeditionary Force
Unit, Squadron, or Ship	30th Reinforcements, F Company
Date	13 October 1917
Transport	Corinthic
Embarked From		Destination	Liverpool, Merseyside, England

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With	2nd Battalion Canterbury Regiment

Military Awards

Campaigns	Western European
Service Medals	British War Medal; Victory Medal
Military Awards

Award Circumstances and Date

No information

Prisoner of War Information

Date of Capture
Where Captured and by Whom
Actions Prior to Capture
PoW Serial Number
PoW Camps
Days Interned
Liberation Date

Discharge

Date	23 May 1919	Reason	On Termination of his Period of Engagement.

Hospitals, Wounds, Diseases and Illnesses

Post-war Occupations

Death

Date	23 July 1974	Age	77 years
Place of Death	Palmerston North
Cause
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery	Kelvin Grove Cemetery, Palmerston North
Memorial Reference	Area DA, Block 004, Plot 005
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

Bernard Daniel O'Keefe was the son of Denis and Mary Ann (née Moore) O'Keefe.

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [11 September 2016]; NZ Defence Force Personnel Records (Archives NZ Ref. AABK 18805 W5922 0088093) [13 September 2016]; Kelvin Grove Cemetery, Palmerston North, headstone image & burial record (Palmerston North City Council) [11 September 2016]; Otago Daily Times, 6 September 1918, Dominion, 7 September 1918, 11 April 1919, Evening Post, 8 April 1919, Manawatu Standard, 7 & 26 April 1919, Manawatu Times, 17 June 1920, Manawatu Daily Times, 20 August 1920, New Zealand Herald, 2 May 1933 (Papers Past) [12 September 2016]

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