Septimus Joseph OGLESBY

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OGLESBY, Septimus Joseph

Service Number:	1412
Enlisted:	12 November 1914, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	61st Infantry Battalion
Born:	Southend On Sea, Essex, England, 29 October 1884
Home Town:	Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Station Hand
Died:	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 25 August 1956, aged 71 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Eastern Suburbs Memorial Park, NSW Cremated. Eastern Drive Walls, Wall A, Niche 43
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World War 1 Service

12 Nov 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1412, 3rd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
11 Feb 1915:	Involvement Private, 1412, 3rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Seang Bee embarkation_ship_number: A48 public_note: ''
11 Feb 1915:	Embarked Private, 1412, 3rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Seang Bee, Sydney
12 Aug 1915:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1412, 3rd Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Wound to the back. Transferred to England on 27 September 1915
30 Dec 1916:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1412, 3rd Infantry Battalion, Second occasion. Wounded to the left shoulder. Embarked for England on 10 January 1917 aboard HS Aberdonian
23 Mar 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 61st Infantry Battalion , From 3rd Battalion.
3 Aug 1918:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 1412, 61st Infantry Battalion , Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit due to perforated palate

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of James Abraham Straham Oglesby and Isabelle Oglesby of Hockley, Essex, England.

Commenced return to Australia on 21 December 1917 aboard HT Persic diembarking on 14 February 1918 at Melbourne then transhipped to Sydney aboard HT Ormonde

Medals: 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

During 1919c Septimus married Ida A. Donohue in Sydney, NSW

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