Joseph OGDEN

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Service Number:	1168
Enlisted:	15 September 1914, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	47th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Halifax, England, 1896
Home Town:	Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Queensland, Australia, 24 May 1967, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Mount Thompson Memorial Gardens & Crematorium, Queensland Columbarium 12, Section 22
Memorials:

15 Sep 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1168, 9th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD
22 Dec 1914:	Embarked Private, 1168, 9th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Themistocles, Melbourne
22 Dec 1914:	Involvement Private, 1168, 9th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: ''
6 May 1915:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1168, 9th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Wound to the thigh
27 Apr 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 47th Infantry Battalion, In France from 9th Battalion
8 Aug 1916:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1168, 47th Infantry Battalion, Second occasion. Wound to the left hand. Embarked for England on 18 August 1916 aboard HS St. Andrew
21 Sep 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 1168, 47th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 1st Military District as medically unfit

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Son of Thomas Ogden and Mary Hannah Ogden nee Garforth of Kitson Street, Shipsley Bradford Yorkshire, England.

Commenced return to Australia on 1 July 1919 aboard HT Frankfurt disembarking on 20 August 1919 at Melbourne for onward travel to Brisbane

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

On 15 December 1926 Joseph married Phoebe Freda Lawrence in QLD