Charles Levi OCKENDEN

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OCKENDEN, Charles Levi

Service Number:	2539
Enlisted:	2 June 1917, Streaky Bay, South Australia
Last Rank:	Second Class Air Mechanic
Last Unit:	Australian Flying Corps (AFC)
Born:	Kooringa, South Australia, 3 November 1886
Home Town:	Streaky Bay, Streaky Bay, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Plumber/Tinsmith
Died:	Natural causes, Plympton Park, South Australia, 26 April 1983, aged 96 years
Cemetery:	Centennial Park Cemetery, South Australia Interred on 28 April 1983. Area Acacia C, Path CA, Grave 103, may be expired
Memorials:	Burra District WW1 Honor Roll, Burra Loyal Burra Lodge Court Unity AOF No 3015 WW1 Roll of Honor, Streaky Bay War Memorial

World War 1 Service

2 Jun 1917:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2539, Streaky Bay, South Australia
26 Nov 1917:	Involvement Second Class Air Mechanic, 2539, Australian Flying Corps (AFC), Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: SS Indarra embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
26 Nov 1917:	Embarked Second Class Air Mechanic, 2539, Australian Flying Corps (AFC), SS Indarra, Melbourne
25 Jun 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Second Class Air Mechanic, Australian Flying Corps (AFC)
11 Nov 1918:	Involvement AIF WW1, 2539
21 Jan 1920:	Discharged Second Class Air Mechanic, 2539, Australian Flying Corps (AFC)

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Biography

Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of Richard John Jupp Ockenden and Mary Elizabeth Ockenden nee Lampard of Burra, SA.

Apprenticed to C.C. Williams of Kooringa, SA for five years

Next of kin was given as his sister Nellie Ockenden Kooringa, Burra, SA.

Brother of Stanley Leslie Ockenden who returned to Australia on 17 July 1919 having served with the 2nd Tunnelling Company; Arthur Gordon Ockenden who returned to Australia on 11 October 1918 having served with the 7th Field Ambulance; Harold Ockenden who was killed in action on 7 October 1917 and has no known grave, his name appears on Menin Gate, Ypres, Panel 23; Richard Allan Ockenden who returned to Australia on 16 October 1915 having served with the 3rd Light Horse Regiment; Oliver Henry (Twist) Ockenden who returned to Australia on 10 May 1918 having served with the 50th Battalion.

Address at the time of enlistment was given as Streaky Bay, SA.

Commenced return to Australia on 8 September 1919 aboard HT Raranga

Medal: British War Medal

On 12 June 1926 Charles married Marion Holman Mudge in All Souls Church, St. Peters, SA.

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