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James KEEFE

Regimental number4639
Place of birthLondon, England
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationMill hand
Address58 Smith Street, Highgate Hill, Western Australia
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation28
Height5' 8.5"
Weight121 lbs
Next of kinWife, Mrs M Keefe, 11 Sherburn Place, Blanford Square, Marylebone London NW, England
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date8 November 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll26 October 1915
Place of enlistmentPerth, Western Australia
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name16th Battalion, 14th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/33/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia, on board HMAT A28 Miltiades on 12 February 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll16th Battalion
FateReturned to Australia 17 March 1917
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: William and Mary Ann KEEFE
Discharge date23 June 1917
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Embarked Fremantle, 12 February 1916; disembarked Suez, 11 March 1916.

Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 14 June 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 24 June 1916.

Admitted to 14th Australian Field Ambulance, 4 August 1916 (haemorrhoids), and transferred to Motor ASmbulance; admitted to 1st Convalescent Depot, Boulogne, 7 August 1916 (haemorrhoids and neurasthenia); discharged to Base ; discharged, Perth, 23 June 1917.MBV
Date of death14 September 1929
Age at death42
Place of burialK......... G..... Cemetery
SourcesNAA: B2455, KEEFE James

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