Nils Gottfred (Sproggo) ODMARK

ODMARK, Nils Gottfred

Service Number: 22133
Enlisted: 5 November 1917, Enlisted at Darlinghurst, NSW
Last Rank: Sapper
Last Unit: 1st Divisional Signal Company
Born: Sundsvall, Sweden, 26 April 1886
Home Town: Ultimo, City of Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Carter
Died: Auburn, New South Wales, 4 March 1956, aged 69 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: Rookwood Cemeteries & Crematorium, New South Wales
Anglican, Zone B, Section 16B, Grave 122
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World War 1 Service

5 Nov 1917: Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, 22133, Field Company Engineers, Enlisted at Darlinghurst, NSW
21 Mar 1918: Involvement Sapper, 22133, Field Company Engineers, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Persic embarkation_ship_number: A34 public_note: ''
21 Mar 1918: Embarked Sapper, 22133, Field Company Engineers, HMAT Persic, Sydney
9 Oct 1918: Transferred AIF WW1, Sapper, 1st Divisional Signal Company
20 Sep 1920: Discharged AIF WW1, Sapper, 22133, 1st Divisional Signal Company, Discharged at the 2nd Military District

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of Nils Odmark of Sundsvall, Sweden.

Husband of  Ivy Gertie Odmark of Jones Street, Ultimo, NSW. Nils and Ivy married during 1916c in Sydney, NSW.

On 28 December 1916 Nils was given a Provisional Certificate of Nationality with his occupation given as being a sailor

Commenced return to Australia on 6 July 1919 aboard HT Boorara disembarking on 26 August 1919 at Melbourne for onward travel to Sydney.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal