Albert OGDEN

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Service Numbers:	630, 6416
Enlisted:	1 October 1914, Enlisted at Moorabbin, Victoria
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	22nd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Bentleigh, Victoria, Australia, 1892
Home Town:	Bentleigh, Glen Eira, Victoria
Schooling:	Bentleigh School, Victoria, Australia
Occupation:	Letter Carrier, Marker Gardener
Died:	Died of wounds - head, 17th Casualty Clearing Station, Belgium, 18 September 1917
Cemetery:	Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery Plot X1X, Row D, Grave 10. Headstone inscription reads: Blessed are the pure in heart for they shall see God
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bentleigh War Memorial, Camberwell War Memorial

1 Oct 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 630, 14th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Moorabbin, Victoria
22 Dec 1914:	Embarked Private, 630, 14th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne
22 Dec 1914:	Involvement Private, 630, 14th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: ''
28 Dec 1914:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 630, 14th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at Albany for refusing to be inoculated
24 Oct 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6416, 22nd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Moorabbin, Victoria
23 Nov 1916:	Embarked Private, 6416, 22nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Melbourne
23 Nov 1916:	Involvement Private, 6416, 22nd Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: ''
16 Sep 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 6416, 22nd Infantry Battalion, Shell wound to the head.

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Son of Walter Ogden and Amelia Ogden nee Luke of Butler Street, Camberwell, Victoria.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal