Ernest Edgar OGIER

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OGIER, Ernest Edgar

Service Number:	767
Enlisted:	23 May 1916, Melbourne, Vic.
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	No. 3 Squadron, Australian Flying Corps
Born:	Clunes, Victoria, Australia, 1886
Home Town:	Clunes, Hepburn, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Telegraphist
Memorials:	Clunes Soldiers Pictorial Honour Roll

23 May 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Second Class Air Mechanic, 767, No. 2 Squadron, Australian Flying Corps, Melbourne, Vic.
25 Oct 1916:	Involvement 767, No. 2 Squadron, Australian Flying Corps, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: ''
25 Oct 1916:	Embarked 767, No. 2 Squadron, Australian Flying Corps, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne
2 Jan 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Second Class Air Mechanic, No. 3 Squadron, Australian Flying Corps, England
19 Sep 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Second Class Air Mechanic, 767, No. 3 Squadron, Australian Flying Corps, Third Ypres, Gassed near Ypres while on attachment to 11th Field Artillery Brigade (from AFC) as a wireless operator. Evacuated to hospital (France). Returned to duty 12 October 1917.
1 Mar 1918:	Promoted AIF WW1, First Class Air Mechanic, No. 3 Squadron, Australian Flying Corps, France (attached to 1st Field Artillery Brigade as wireless operator since 20 October 1917).
15 Jul 1918:	Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, No. 3 Squadron, Australian Flying Corps, France. On attachment to 36th Heavy Artillery Group (as wireless operator) from 31 July 1918 - 3 February 1919.
8 Aug 1918:	Involvement AIF WW1, Corporal, 767, No. 3 Squadron, Australian Flying Corps, "The Last Hundred Days"
16 Jul 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Corporal, 767, No. 3 Squadron, Australian Flying Corps, RTA 19 April 1919 and discharged (TPE).

Biography contributed by Robert Wight

Ernest Edgar Ogier enlisted in the AFC in Melbourne on 23 May 1916, aged 29. He embarked overseas on 25 October and arrived in England on 28 December 1916. He was transferred to No.3 Squadron where he underwent training as a wireless operator.

He left England in late July 1917 and arrived in France the next day. On 29 August, he was attached to the 11th Field Artillery Brigade as wireless operator (as AFC liaison) and was gassed near Ypres on 19 September 1917.

He was hospitalised until 12 October. Upon his discharge, he was attached to the 1st Field Artillery Brigade as wireless operator on 20 October 1917. He remained with this unit until 30 July 1918, during which time he was also promoted to 1st Class Air Mechanic on 1 March 1918.

On 15 July 1918 he was promoted to Corporal and two weeks later, on 31 July 1918, he was attached to the 36th Heavy Artillery Group as wireless operator. He remained with this group until the end of the war and didn’t re-join his squadron until 3 February 1919.

He embarked for Australia on 19 April 1919 and arrived back in Melbourne on 8 June, where he was formally discharged from the AIF on 16 July 1919.

Source: Extract from "Clunes Soldiers Memorial Panel" by Robert Wight, June 2022.

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