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OCKENDEN, Oliver Henry
| Service Number: | 1723 |
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| Enlisted: | 15 February 1916, Burra, South Australia |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 12th Field Ambulance |
| Born: | Kooringa, South Australia, 25 May 1888 |
| Home Town: | Kooringa, Burra, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Hairdresser |
| Died: | Adelaide, South Australia, 14 May 1953, aged 64 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Burra Cemetery, South Australia Grave 2598 |
| Memorials: | Burra District WW1 Honor Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 15 Feb 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Burra, South Australia | |
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| 11 Apr 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1723, 50th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: '' | |
| 11 Apr 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1723, 50th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Aeneas, Adelaide | |
| 16 Aug 1916: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1723, 50th Infantry Battalion, Wound to the right hand. Embarked for England on 17 August 1916 aboard HS St. Patrick | |
| 23 Jun 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 17th Field Ambulance , Froom 50th Battalion | |
| 26 Oct 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, Army Medical Corps (AIF), From 17th Field Ambulance | |
| 30 Dec 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 12th Field Ambulance | |
| 24 May 1918: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 1723, 12th Field Ambulance, Discharged at the 4th Military District due to family reasons | |
| 11 Nov 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1723 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Richard John Jupp Ockenden and Mary Elizabeth Ockenden nee Lampard of Burra, SA.
Next of kin given as his sister Amy Eleanor Ockenden of 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; Charles Levi Ockenden who returned to Australia on 8 September 1919 having served with the Australian Flying Corps; 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
Commenced return to Australia on 10 March 1918 aboard HT Orontes disembarking on 10 May 1918 at Melbourne for onward travel to Adelaide
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
On 15 September 1920 Oliver married Annie Gladys Vera Pascoe at the residence of Rev. Richard D. Pascoe of Kooringa, SA
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