Leonard George OCHS

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Service Number:	16149
Enlisted:	17 October 1917, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
Last Rank:	Driver
Last Unit:	2nd Motor Transport Company
Born:	Taree, New South Wales, Australia, 5 April 1897
Home Town:	North Sydney, North Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Electrician
Died:	St. Leonards, New South Wales, Australia, 15 June 1964, aged 67 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Gore Hill Cemetery, New South Wales Church of England, Section X, Grave 23. Cremated, ashes interred 22 November 1964
Memorials:

17 Oct 1917:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 16149, Mechanical Transport Companies (AIF - WW1), Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
22 Mar 1918:	Involvement Private, 16149, Mechanical Transport Companies (AIF - WW1), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '22' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Runic embarkation_ship_number: A54 public_note: ''
22 Mar 1918:	Embarked Private, 16149, Mechanical Transport Companies (AIF - WW1), HMAT Runic, Sydney
5 Sep 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 3rd Motor Transport Company
25 Sep 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Driver, 4th Motor Transport Company, From 3rd Motor Transport Company
28 May 1919:	Transferred AIF WW1, Driver, 2nd Motor Transport Company, From 4th Motor Transport Company
16 Oct 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Driver, 16149, 2nd Motor Transport Company, Discharged at the 2nd Military District

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Son of Rudolph George Ochs and Florence Emma Ochs of Alfred Street, North Sydney, NSW.

Brother of Reginald Rudolph Ochs who returned to Australia on 5 May 1919 having served with the 14th Field Company Engineers

Commenced return to Australia on 1 August 1919 aboard HT Argyllshire disembarking on 22 September 1919 at Melbourne for onward travel to Sydney

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

During 1927c Leonard married Mercy A.M. Wither in North Sydney, NSW