Errol Charles OGDEN

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Service Numbers:	407, 3080
Enlisted:	21 September 1914, Enlisted at Helena Vale, WA
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	16th Infantry Battalion (WW1)
Born:	South Yarra, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 10 November 1895
Home Town:	Guildford, Swan, Western Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Clerk
Died:	Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia , 16 December 1931, aged 36 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Broken Hill Cemetery, New South Wales Anglican Section E, Row 34, Grave 2
Memorials:	Bassendean War Memorial, Guildford St. Matthew's Anglican Church Honour Roll, Guildford War Memorial, Guildford and District Roll of Honour

21 Sep 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 407, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Enlisted at Helena Vale, WA
22 Dec 1914:	Involvement Private, 407, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: ''
22 Dec 1914:	Embarked Private, 407, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Ceramic, Melbourne
13 Oct 1915:	Involvement Private, 3080, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: ''
13 Oct 1915:	Embarked Private, 3080, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Themistocles, Fremantle
24 Sep 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 3080, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Gassed.
20 Jul 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Corporal, 3080, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Discharged at the 5th Military District

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Son of Charles Graham Ogden and Florence Ogden nee Tyson of Perth Street, West Guildford, WA formerly of South Yarra, Victoria.

Brother of Albert Lance Ogden who served with the 10th Light Horse Regiment and discharged in London, England where he died in the 1960s.

Errol returned to Australia mid 1915 for change then returned with reinforcements to the Western Front and a new service number of 3080.

Commenced return to Australia on 28 March 1919 aboard HT Port MacQuarie disembarking on 13 May 1919

Medals: 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

During 1929c Errol married Eva M. Wheeler in Tibooburra, NSW