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ODGERS, Albert Garfield
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 958 |
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| Enlisted: | 23 March 1915, Enlisted at the Liverpool, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Second Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | 47th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Wrexham, Denbighshire, Wales, 23 February 1884 |
| Home Town: | Woolwich, Hunters Hill, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | School Master |
| Died: | Worchestershire, England, September 1945, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
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Service History
World War 1 Service
| 23 Mar 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 958, 20th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at the Liverpool, NSW | |
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| 25 Jun 1915: | Involvement Private, 958, 20th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Berrima embarkation_ship_number: A35 public_note: '' | |
| 25 Jun 1915: | Embarked Private, 958, 20th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Berrima, Sydney | |
| 13 Mar 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 47th Infantry Battalion, From 20th Battalion | |
| 11 Aug 1916: | Wounded AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 47th Infantry Battalion, Wound to the left thigh. Embarked for England on 11 August 1916 aboard HS Austurias | |
| 27 Jan 1917: | Discharged AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 47th Infantry Battalion, Discharged in London, England following Court Martial |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Jeconiah Odgers and Emma Odgers nee Phillips of Wrexham, Wales
Address at the time of enlistment was given as 'Vineta', View Street, Woolwich, NSW.
Husband of Elizabeth Matilda Hera Odgers nee Fowler C/- Day, 'Quiringah', Bishop's Avenue, Randwick, NSW. Albert and Elizabeth married on 2 May 1915 in Bowral, NSW