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Cornelius Daniel O'KEEFFE

Regimental number6625
Place of birthEisvold, Queensland
ReligionRoman Catholic
OccupationSchool teacher
AddressGympie, Queensland
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation21
Height5' 5.5"
Weight120 lbs
Next of kinMother, Mrs C O'Keeffe, PO Box 7, Mount Perry, Queensland
Previous military serviceServed for 4 years in the Senior Cadets, Area 5B; 1 year in 4th Infantry, Citizen Military Forces.
Enlistment date9 December 1916
Place of enlistmentBrisbane, Queensland
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name25th Battalion, 19th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/42/6
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A18 Wiltshire on 7 February 1917
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll25th Battalion
FateReturned to Australia 20 October 1918
Discharge date14 February 1919
Other details

War service: Western Front

Embarked Sydney, 7 February 1917; disembarked Devonport, England, 11 April 1917, and marched in to 7th Training Bn, Rollestone.

Proceeded overseas to France, 27 November 1917, and transferred to 26th Bn; taken on strength, 25th Bn, in the field, 6 December 1917.

Wounded in action, 12 June 1918 (gun shot wound, right arm and thigh), and admitted to 5th Australian Field Ambulance, and transferred to 61st Casualty Clearing Station; to 54th General hospital, 15 June 1918; to England, 27 June 1918, and admitted to Norfolk and Norwich Hospital (affiliated with Norfolk War Hospital) (wound severe: right arm amputated above elbow); transferred to 2nd Auxiliary Hospital, Southall, 20 August 1918; discharged to No 2 Command Depot, Weymouth, 31 August 1918.

Commenced return to Australia on board HT 'Borda', 20 October 1918; disembarked Sydney, 19 December 1918, for onward travel to Brisbane; discharged (medically unfit: wounded), Brisbane, 14 February 1919.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsSurname entered incorrectly on Embarkation Roll as O'KEEFE.
SourcesNAA: B2455, O'KEEFFE Cornelius Daniel

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