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O'KEEFE, John Leo
(Service number 20558)

Aliases
First Rank	Lance corporal	Last Rank	Corporal

Birth

Date	09/05/1895	Place of Birth	Temuka

Enlistment Information

Date	2 May 1916	Age	20 years
Address at Enlistment	62 North Street, Palmerston North
Occupation	Flaxmill hand
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status	Single
Next of Kin	Mrs D. O;KEEFE (mother), 62 North Street, Palmerston North
Religion	Roman Catholic
Medical Information	Height 5 feet 8¾ inches. Weight 11 stone. Chest measurement 33½-38 inches. Complexion medium. Eyes blue. Hair brown. Sight, hearing & colour vision all normal. Limbs well formed. Full & perfect movement of all joints. Chest well formed. Heart & lungs normal. Teeth ..? attention. No illnesses. Free from hernia, varicocele, varicose veins, haemorrhoids, inveterate or contagious skin disease. Vaccinated. Good bodily & mental health. No slight defects. No fits. Never absent from work ill. Fit.

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in	Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation	New Zealand Rifle Brigade
Unit, Squadron, or Ship	7th Reinforcements, 4th Battalion, H Company
Date	20 August 1916
Transport	Navua
Embarked From		Destination	Devonport, Devon, England

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With	Rifle Brigade

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	17 June 1919	Reason	On Termination of his Period of Engagement.

Hospitals, Wounds, Diseases and Illnesses

Post-war Occupations

Death

Date	11 February 1970	Age	74 years
Place of Death	Palmerston North
Cause
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery	Kelvin Grove Cemetery, Palmerston North
Memorial Reference	Area DA, Block 002, Plot 073
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

John Leo 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 0088098) [13 September 2016], NZ Defence Force Personnel Records (Archives NZ Ref. AABK 18805 W5969 0479715) [13 September 2016]; Kelvin Grove Cemetery, Palmerston North, headstone image & burial record (Palmerston North City Council) [12 September 2016]; Manawatu Times, 19 April 1916, 30 May 1921, Star, 23 January 1917, Timaru Herald, 24 January 1917, Evening Post, 31 January 1917, 15 May 1919 (Papers Past) [12 September 2016]; NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [12 September 2016]

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