Surgeon M. W. O'Keeffe

Regiment: Royal Army Medical Corps
Date published: 30/07/1915
Killed in action: No
Information: Surgeon General M. W. O'Keeffe, R.A.M.C., who has been mentioned in despatches for his services on the Headquarters Staff, is a son of the late William O'Keeffe, M.D., who practised in Mallow, County Cork. He is a graduate of the old Queen's College, Cork. He served during the first Egyptian campaign, also in some Indian Frontier campaigns, and held the position of Inspector of Medical Service for four years, until the war opened when he was appointed one of the Assistant Medical Directors. The Order of the Bath has been conferred on Surgeon-General O'Keeffe.