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O'DEE, Claude Benedict
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 51672 |
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| Enlisted: | 19 February 1918, Enlisted at Moonee Ponds, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 39th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 8 February 1897 |
| Home Town: | Moonee Ponds, Moonee Valley, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Clerk |
| Died: | Surrey Hills, Victoria, Australia, February 1962, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Fawkner Memorial Park Cemetery, Victoria Roman Catholic section R, Grave 4327. Interred on 16 February 1962 under the name of Claudian Hamiliton Benedict O'Dee |
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Service History
World War 1 Service
| 19 Feb 1918: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 51672, 1st to 17th (VIC) Reinforcements, Enlisted at Moonee Ponds, Victoria | |
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| 5 Jun 1918: | Involvement Private, 51672, 1st to 17th (VIC) Reinforcements, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '20' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: RMS Orontes embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
| 5 Jun 1918: | Embarked Private, 51672, 1st to 17th (VIC) Reinforcements, RMS Orontes, Sydney | |
| 12 Aug 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 39th Infantry Battalion | |
| 17 Nov 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Corporal, 51672, 39th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 3rd Military District |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Frederick O'Dee and Katherine O'Dee nee Snare of Dickens Street, Moonee Ponds, Victoria. BMD has his name at the time of death as Claudian Hamilton Benedict O'Dee but served as Claude Benedict O'Dee
Commenced return to Australia on 5 September 1919 aboard HT Plassy disembarking on 25 October 1919
Medal: British War Medal
During 1925c Claude married Marie Florence La Roche in Victoria