OCKENDEN, Harold
| Service Number: | 4184 |
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| Enlisted: | 22 November 1915, Adelaide, South Australia |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 27th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Kooringa, South Australia, 9 February 1891 |
| Home Town: | Burra (SA), Goyder, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Ironworker |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 7 October 1917, aged 26 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
| Memorials: | Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Burra District WW1 Honor Roll, Burra Fallen Soldiers Memorial, Burra Loyal Burra Lodge Court Unity AOF No 3015 WW1 Roll of Honor, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient) |
World War 1 Service
| 22 Nov 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Adelaide, South Australia | |
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| 9 Mar 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4184, 27th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: RMS Mongolia embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
| 9 Mar 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 4184, 27th Infantry Battalion, RMS Mongolia, Adelaide | |
| Date unknown: | Involvement 27th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières |
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"Our Boys at the Front.
Mrs Ralph Hill was notified on Thursday last that her brother, Private Harold Ockenden, had been killed in action in France. Private Ockenden was the fifth son of the the late Mr and Mrs R. Ockenden of Kooringa, and enlisted 18 months ago. Prior to enlisting he was engaged in farming pursuits with his brother, Charles, at Streaky Bay. The deceased soldier was in his 26th year. Five brothers are on active service." - from the Burra Record 31 Oct 1917 (nla.gov.au)
Biography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Richard John Jupp Ockenden and Mary Elizabeth Ockenden nee Lampard of Burra, SA.
Brother of Stanley Leslie Ockenden who returned to Australia on 17 July 1919 having served with the 2nd Tunnelling Company; Arthur Gordon Ockenden who returned to Australia on 11 October 1918 having served with the 7th Field Ambulance; Charles Levi Ockenden who returned to Australia on 8 September 1919 having served with the Australian flying Corps; Richard Allan Ockenden who returned to Australia on 16 October 1915 having served with the 3rd Light Horse Regiment; Oliver Henry (Twist) Ockenden who returned to Australia on 110 May 1918 having served with the 50th Battalion
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
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