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OGILVIE, Roderick Alexander
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 2664 |
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| Enlisted: | 8 June 1915, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Tumut, New South Wales, Australia , 1893 |
| Home Town: | Grahamstown, Tumut Shire, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Tram Conductor |
| Died: | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1961, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Hamilton Newcastle District Tramways Roll of Honor, Tumut Cenotaph |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 8 Jun 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2664, 3rd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW | |
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| 9 Aug 1915: | Involvement Private, 2664, 3rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Runic embarkation_ship_number: A54 public_note: '' | |
| 9 Aug 1915: | Embarked Private, 2664, 3rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Runic, Sydney | |
| 29 Jun 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, Army Ordnance Corps AIF, From 3rd Battalion | |
| 28 Aug 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 3rd Infantry Battalion | |
| 31 May 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 2664, 3rd Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Colin Gordon Ogilvie and Louisa Ogilvie of Grahamstown, via Tumut, NSW.
Husband of Alice Rose Ogilvie nee Weatherly of Blythe Vale, Catford Hill, London, England. Roderick and Alice married on 23 May 1917 in the Parish Church, St. George, Perry Hill, England. Vicar J.H. Wesley Kane officiated.
Commenced return to Australia on 7 January 1919 aboard SS Lapland via America at his own expense then transhipped on 4 February 1919 from San Francisco aboard SS Ventura on 25 February 1919.
Medals: 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal