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Claremont Pensioner Guard Village October 2010 and July 2011 EPG Gazette
| Name | O’KEEFE / O’KEEFF – Moses |
|---|---|
| Regiment (s) | 44th Regiment |
| Regiment Number (s) | 364 |
| Date/Age/Place/Trade or Profession at Attestation | 11th January 1825 / 20 years / London Middlesex Labourer |
| Description – Height Complexion/Eyes/Hair/Scars | Not yet known |
| Overseas Service/Duration | East Indies 13 years 356 days |
| Length of Service | 15 years 156 days |
| Rank/Date/Place of Discharge | Private / 18th June 1840 / Fermoy Ireland (tentative) |
| Campaign Medals | None |
| Intended Residence at Discharge | Fermoy Cork Ireland |
| Pension Districts | 1840 Fermoy 1846 2nd West London District 1850-1879 Western Australia |
| Pension Paid | 6d per diem 1873 increased to 11d per diem for service to Enrolled Force |
| Date of Departure and Place England or Ireland | 4th March 1850 Portsmouth Hampshire England |
| Ship and Date of Arrival Western Australia | SCINDIAN 1st June 1850 |
| Date/Place of Birth | c1802 Fermoy Cork Ireland |
| Date/Place of Baptism | Not yet known |
| Father Date/Place of Birth | Not yet known |
| Mother Date/Place of Birth Marriage | Not yet known |
| Siblings | Not yet known |
| 1st Wife Date of Birth or Baptism | UNKNOWN Norah / Honorah B 1810 (deduced) |
| Date/Place of Marriage | Not yet known |
| Children by 1st Wife | Dennis B c1842 Ireland (tentative) M HANNON Margaret 13th October 1861 Albany Western Australia D 14th January 1915 Albany WA Buried Albany Cemetery WA Mary Ann c1854 Western Australia M WHEELOCK Edward W. 1880 Albany Western Australia D 2nd June 1884 Albany Western Australia Buried Albany Cemetery WA |
| Father of 1st wife Date/Place of Birth | Not yet known |
| Mother of 1st wife Date/Place of Birth Marriage | Not yet known |
| Land Grants Western Australia | 16th July 1850 assigned Freshwater Bay Butlers Swamp Lot P224 and P244 Fee Simple 1858 |
| Occupation after Arrival | 1864 Policeman at Albany 1873 employed at the P&O coaling wharf at Albany – from the obituary for son Dennis these are employment for Moses |
| Newspaper Articles | Perth Gazette 14th June 1850 The Albany Mail and King George’s Sound Advertiser Saturday 14th April 1888 page 2 Death of Nora O’Keefe The West Australian Saturday 24th November 1894 page 2 Sale of P 224 Butlers swamp The Daily News (Perth WA) Saturday 16th January 1915 page 7 Obituary Dennis O’Keefe |
| Departure from Western Australia | Not applicable |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial | 10th September 1879 Albany Western Australia Not yet known |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial Wife | 13th April 1888 Albany WA (Ann Nora) Buried Albany WA |
| Will or Probate | Cons 3403 1893/1165 24th January 1893 Dennis O’Keefe applied for Letters of Administration for his father’s will apologizing for the delay Original will was made 23rd June 1879 when Moses bequeathed all his worldly goods to his wife Nora O’Keefe during her lifetime and after her death the land at Freshwater Bay was to pass to his son Dennis. His daughter Mary Ann O’Keefe was to get all his cooperation shares for her absolute use. |
| Further Information | Discharge due to being unfit for further service (CO approving the discharge noted “This man is a little given to drink.”) After the arrival of the Scindian at Fremantle Captain Henderson wrote a report listing the rank name, trade or calling, rate of pension, date of enlistment for 5 months service, marital status, and number of children for each pensioner. Sometimes the trade of calling differed from that recorded at the time of attestation: Private Moses O’Keefe, farm labourer, 6d, 17th January, married 1 child. Both Dennis O’Keefe and Edward Wheelock were police men at Albany for some of their working lives |