Edward Leslie ODGERS

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Service Number:	8585
Enlisted:	4 October 1915, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Bombardier
Last Unit:	6th Field Artillery Brigade
Born:	South Yarra, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1896
Home Town:	Caulfield, Glen Eira, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Clerk
Died:	Elsternwick, Victoria, Australia, 5 July 1948, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne Cremation service held on 7 July 1948. Dodonaea, Garden N1, Bed 4, Rose 18
Memorials:

4 Oct 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Gunner, 8585, 6th Field Artillery Brigade , Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
22 Nov 1915:	Involvement Gunner, 8585, 6th Field Artillery Brigade , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Persic embarkation_ship_number: A34 public_note: ''
22 Nov 1915:	Embarked Gunner, 8585, 6th Field Artillery Brigade , HMAT Persic, Melbourne
18 Oct 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Bombardier, 8585, 6th Field Artillery Brigade , Gassed. Embarked for England on 23 October 1918
27 Aug 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Bombardier, 8585, 6th Field Artillery Brigade , Discharged at the 3rd Military District

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Son of Edward Odgers and Dorcas Maria Odgers nee Dobson of Fairfield Grove, Caulfield, Victoria.

Commenced return to Australia on 15 May 1919 aboard HT Ypiringa disembarking on 5 July 1919

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

During 1928c Edward married Ivy Grace Box in Victoria