Dudley OVEY

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Service Number:	876
Enlisted:	11 February 1915, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	1st Battalion Imperial Camel Corps
Born:	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia , 1894
Home Town:	Carlton, Melbourne, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Farmer
Died:	Red Cliffs, Victoria Australia, 11 April 1981, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Red Cliffs Pioneer Cemetery, Victoria Commemorated with a plaque in the Victoria Garden of Remembrance
Memorials:	Dimboola Memorial High School WWI Honour Roll

11 Feb 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 876, 22nd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
10 May 1915:	Involvement Private, 876, 22nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: ''
10 May 1915:	Embarked Private, 876, 22nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne
11 Nov 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 1st Battalion Imperial Camel Corps, From 22nd Battalion
24 Oct 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 876, 1st Battalion Imperial Camel Corps, Discharged at the 3rd Military District

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Full name is Dudley Richard Ovey but served at Dudley Ovey

Son of Edward George Ovey and Grace Ovey nee Edwards of Madeline Street, Carlton, Melbourne, Victoria.

Commenced return to Australia on 24 July 1919 aboard HT Dongola disembarking on 28 August 1919

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

During 1924c Dudley married Edith Mary Hill in Victoria