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Service Number:	1877
Enlisted:	27 September 1915, Enlisted at Adelaide, SA
Last Rank:	Gunner
Last Unit:	6th Field Artillery Brigade
Born:	Dunedin, New Zealand, 1884
Home Town:	Hackney, Norwood Payneham St Peters, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Electrician
Died:	War Veterans Home, Myrtle Bank, South Australia, 2 August 1982, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Centennial Park Cemetery, South Australia Tranquility, Wall 74, Niche F015
Memorials:

27 Sep 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1877, 9th Light Horse Regiment, Enlisted at Adelaide, SA
5 Jan 1916:	Involvement Private, 1877, 9th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Afric embarkation_ship_number: A19 public_note: ''
5 Jan 1916:	Embarked Private, 1877, 9th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Afric, Melbourne
1 Apr 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 5th Division Artillery , From 9th Light Horse Regiment
10 Aug 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Gunner, 15th Field Artillery Brigade
27 Jan 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Gunner, 6th Field Artillery Brigade , From 15th Field Artillery Brigade
15 Sep 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Gunner, 1877, 6th Field Artillery Brigade , Discharged at the 4th Military District

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Address at the time of enlistment was given as Westbury Street, Hackney, SA.

Son of John Ogg and Mary Ogg of Glasgow Street, Dunedin South, NZ.

Commenced return to Australia on 29 May 1919 aboard HT Rio Negro disembarking on 22 Julyn1919 at Melbourne for onward travel to Adelaide.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

On 5 April 1921 John married Ethel Alice McDougall in the Methodist Church, Prospect, SA.