James Edmund OGDEN

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Service Number:	3525
Enlisted:	6 September 1915, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	26th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Maryborough, Queensland, Australia, 8 June 1884
Home Town:	Murgon, South Burnett, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Miner
Died:	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 21 June 1957, aged 73 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Mount Thompson Memorial Gardens & Crematorium, Queensland Columbarium 11, Section 26
Memorials:	Murgon Shire Roll of Honor

6 Sep 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3525, 26th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD
3 Jan 1916:	Involvement Private, 3525, 26th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Kyarra embarkation_ship_number: A55 public_note: ''
3 Jan 1916:	Embarked Private, 3525, 26th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Kyarra, Brisbane
27 Apr 1916:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 3525, 26th Infantry Battalion, Shrapnel wound to the arm and wrist. Embarked for England on 15 May 1916 aboard HS Dieppe
13 Dec 1916:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 3525, 26th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 1st Military District as wounded

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Son of Joseph Ogden and Selina Ogden nee Keeler of 'Cloyna', Murgon, QLD.

Marital status at the time of enlistment was given as widower.

Commenced return to Australia on 26 June 1916 as wounded aboard HT Euripides on 8 August 1916 at Melbourne for onward travel to Brisbane

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

On 10 October 1942 James married Mary Jane Silver in QLD

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