OGIER, Albert James
| Service Number: | 2433 |
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| Enlisted: | 2 March 1915, Kalgoorlie, WA |
| Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 12th Field Ambulance |
| Born: | Clunes, Victoria, Australia, 1881 |
| Home Town: | Boulder, Kalgoorlie/Boulder, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Horse Driver |
| Died: | 18 May 1949, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Melbourne General Cemetery, Carlton |
| Memorials: | Boulder Roll of Honor, Clunes Soldiers Pictorial Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 2 Mar 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2433, 4th Field Ambulance, Kalgoorlie, WA | |
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| 26 Apr 1915: | Involvement Private, 2433, 4th Field Ambulance, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '22' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: '' | |
| 26 Apr 1915: | Embarked Private, 2433, 4th Field Ambulance, HMAT Hororata, Fremantle | |
| 19 Jun 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2433, 4th Field Ambulance, ANZAC / Gallipoli | |
| 15 Aug 1915: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2433, 4th Field Ambulance, The August Offensive - Lone Pine, Suvla Bay, Sari Bair, The Nek and Hill 60 - Gallipoli, GSW to arm. Evacuated to Egypt. Rejoined unit 21 October 1915. | |
| 29 Feb 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 12th Field Ambulance, Egypt | |
| 8 Aug 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2433, 12th Field Ambulance, Battle for Pozières | |
| 6 Sep 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 12th Field Ambulance, France | |
| 28 Sep 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 2433, 12th Field Ambulance, RTA 16 June 1919 (nursing staff) and discharged (MU). |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Robert Wight
Albert James Ogier, aged 34, enlisted in the AIF at Kalgoorlie, WA on 2 March 1915. He embarked overseas on 26 April 1915 and arrived in Egypt about a month later. Shortly after that, on 19 June 1915 he embarked for Gallipoli and joined his unit.
On 15 August 1915 he sustained a gunshot wound to his arm and was evacuated to hospital in Egypt, where he remained until 21 October, then returned to Gallipoli. On 26 February 1916, back in Egypt, he was transferred to the 12th Field Ambulance.
He left Egypt for the last time on 4 June 1916 and arrived in Marseilles a week later. He experienced the horrors of trench warfare at Pozieres during August 1916 and afterwards, was promoted to Lance Corporal on 6 September 1916.
He became ill with trench fever on 8 March 1917 and was evacuated to hospital, initially in France and then England, where he remained until 16 May. Thereafter, he remained on duty at No.1 Command Depot at Perham Downs Camp until 22 January 1918, when he was transferred to the Army Medical Corps Training Depot at Parkhouse Camp. On 29 October 1918, he was attached to the Australian Flying Corps at Tetbury for five months.
He departed England on 16 June 1919 and arrived back in Fremantle on 24 July, where he was medically discharged from the AIF on 28 September 1919.
Source: Extract from "Clunes Soldiers Memorial Panel" by Robert Wight, June 2022.
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