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ODGERS, Robert Victor
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 14576 |
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| Enlisted: | 10 July 1915, Ballarat, Vic. |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 6th Field Ambulance |
| Born: | Yarrowee, Victoria, Australia, 1885 |
| Home Town: | Buninyong, Ballarat North, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Napoleons State School, Victoria, Australia No 1072 |
| Occupation: | Gardener |
| Died: | Natural Causes, Ballarat, Victoria, Australia, 27 September 1967 |
| Cemetery: |
Buninyong Cemetery, Victoria Wesleyan 2 - Plot 0944 |
| Memorials: | Buninyong Scotchmans' Lead Roll of Honor, Napoleons State School No 1072 Honour Roll |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 10 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 14576, Australian Army Medical Corps WW1, Ballarat, Vic. | |
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| 7 Sep 1916: | Involvement Private, 14576, Army Medical Corps (AIF), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '23' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Sydney embarkation_ship_number: A15 public_note: '' | |
| 7 Sep 1916: | Embarked Private, 14576, Army Medical Corps (AIF), HMAT Port Sydney, Melbourne | |
| 29 Mar 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 6th Field Ambulance, In France | |
| 8 May 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 14576, 6th Field Ambulance, Wound to the thigh. Embarked for England on 17 May 1917 aboard HS Pierre de Conrick | |
| 4 Sep 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 14576, 6th Field Ambulance, Discharged at the 3rd MIlitary District |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Richard Odgers and Margaret Ann Odgers nee Richardson of Albert Street, Sebastopol, Victoria
Commenced return to Australia on 27 May 1919 aboard HS Rio Padro as nursing staff disembarking on 18 July 1919
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
During 1919c Robert married Florence Maude Buckle in Victoria
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