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OGSTON, Henry
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 1605 |
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| Enlisted: | 14 December 1914, Enlisted at Townsville, QLD |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 4th Machine Gun Battalion |
| Born: | Buckie, Scotland, 1885 |
| Home Town: | Ingham, Hinchinbrook, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Engineer |
| Died: | Heart disease, Queensland, Australia, 5 May 1971 |
| Cemetery: |
New Ingham Cemetery, Qld Div: Uniting Sect: 7 Plot: 344 |
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Service History
World War 1 Service
| 14 Dec 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1605, 9th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Townsville, QLD | |
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| 13 Feb 1915: | Embarked Private, 1605, 9th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Seang Choon, Brisbane | |
| 13 Feb 1915: | Involvement Private, 1605, 9th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Seang Choon embarkation_ship_number: A49 public_note: '' | |
| 25 Feb 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 49th Infantry Battalion | |
| 13 Mar 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 13th Machine Gun Company | |
| 28 Oct 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 11th Field Artillery Brigade | |
| 25 Feb 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 13th Machine Gun Company, From 11th Field Artillery Brigade | |
| 5 Jun 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1605, 13th Machine Gun Company, Shrapnel wound to the side | |
| 7 Aug 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 4th Machine Gun Battalion | |
| 17 Aug 1918: | Honoured Military Medal, For conspicuous bravery and coolness when he took out a German machine gun and its crew | |
| 12 Apr 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Corporal, 1605, 4th Machine Gun Battalion, Discharged at the 1st Military District |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of William Ogston and Jessie Ogston nee Green of Buckie, Scotland.
Commenced return to Australia on 14 December 1918 aboard HT Burma disembarking on 29 January 1919
Medals: 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
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