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O'KEEFE, Joseph
(Service number 63407)

Aliases
First Rank	Private	Last Rank

Birth

Date	08/07/1888	Place of Birth	Oamaru

Enlistment Information

Date	2 August 1917	Age	29 years 1 month
Address at Enlistment	Fairlie
Occupation	Station hand
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status	Single
Next of Kin	Mrs M. A. O'KEEFE (mother), 10 Udy Street, Petone
Religion	Roman Catholic
Medical Information	Height 5 feet 2 inches. Weight 133 lbs. Chest measurement 31½-36 inches. Complexion fair. Eyes grey. Hair brown. Sight - both eyes 6/6. Hearing & colour vision both normal. Limbs well formed. full & perfect movement of all joints. Chest well formed. Heart & lungs normal. Illness - says has had pheu...itis in .... at times. Has slight flat feet (.....). Free from hernia, varicocele, varicose veins, haemorrhoids, inveterate or contagious skin disease. Vaccinated (left). Good bodily & mental health. 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	32nd Reinforcements, E Company
Date	21 November 1917
Transport	Maunganui
Embarked From		Destination	Liverpool, Merseyside, England

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With

Military Awards

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

Award Circumstances and Date

No information

Prisoner of War Information

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Discharge

Date	28 November 1919	Reason	No longer physically fit for War Service on account of wounds received in action. (Gunshot wound left hand).

Hospitals, Wounds, Diseases and Illnesses

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Death

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Memorial or Cemetery
Memorial Reference
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

Joseph O'Keefe, born at Oamaru, was the son of Jeremiah and Mary O'Keefe.

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [11 September 2016]; NZ Defence Force Personnel Records (Archives NZ Ref. AABK 18805 W5549 0088099) [13 September 2016], Timaru Herald, 18 August 1917, Star, 1 January 1918, Oamaru Mail, 2 January 1918, Evening Post, 6 September 1918, 19 February 1919 (Papers Past) [12 & 13 September 2016]

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