James Alexander OGILVIE MM

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OGILVIE, James Alexander

Service Number:	9468
Enlisted:	11 October 1915, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	1st Infantry Battalion
Born:	Paddington, New South Wales, Australia, 1892
Home Town:	Paddington, Woollahra, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Clerk
Died:	Manly, New South Wales, Australia, 1966, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
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World War 1 Service

11 Oct 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Driver, 9468, 1st Divisional Train, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
16 Feb 1916:	Embarked Driver, 9468, 1st Divisional Train, HMAT Ballarat, Sydney
16 Feb 1916:	Involvement Driver, 9468, 1st Divisional Train, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ballarat embarkation_ship_number: A70 public_note: ''
6 Mar 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Driver, Army Service Corps Companies
21 Nov 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Driver, 1st Infantry Battalion, From Army Service Corps
23 Aug 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 9468, 1st Infantry Battalion, Gassed and a shell wound to the right thigh
30 Aug 1918:	Honoured Military Medal, For rushing and wiping out two hostile machine guns
27 Jun 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 9468, 1st Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of Alexander Buchanan Ogilvie and Evelyn Caverhill Ogilvie of Norfolk Street, Paddington, NSW.

Commenced return to Australia on 20 April 1919 aboard HT Boonah as an invalid disembarking on 8 June 1919 at Melbourne for onward travel to Sydney

Medals: Military Medal, British War Medal, Victory Medal

During 1942c James married Evelyn Doris Brogan in Manly, NSW

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