Peter OGILVY

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Service Number:	20774
Enlisted:	15 August 1917, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
Last Rank:	Sapper
Last Unit:	8th Field Company Engineers
Born:	Edinburgh, Scotland, 9 November 1872
Home Town:	Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Shipwright
Died:	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1934, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:

15 Aug 1917:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, 20774, Field Company Engineers, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
16 Nov 1917:	Involvement Sapper, 20774, Field Company Engineers, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: SS Canberra embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
16 Nov 1917:	Embarked Sapper, 20774, Field Company Engineers, SS Canberra, Sydney
21 Aug 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Sapper, 8th Field Company Engineers
8 Mar 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Sapper, 20774, 8th Field Company Engineers, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit due to senility and injured left ankle

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Son of John Ogilvy and Mary Hunt formerly Ogilvy of 'Mornington', Mosmon, NSW formerly of Edinburgh, Scotland.

Served his apprenticeship with Leith Mechanics, Scotland for five years.

Commenced return to Australia on 20 December 1918 aboard HT Somali disembarking on 10 February 1919

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal