Francis Joseph O'Keefe was born in August 1892 in Okanagan, British Columbia. O'Keefe enlisted with the 172nd Battalion in Kamloops, British Columbia, in February 1916, but died on March 21, 1916, of pneumonia while training in Kamloops.  He was buried at the O'Keefe Ranch cemetery, on the family ranch in Vernon, British Columbia.  The collection currently consists of one postcard and one photograph.