OZANNE, Eugene Charles Arthur
| Service Number: | 1507 |
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| Enlisted: | 15 October 1914, Helena Vale, Western Australia |
| Last Rank: | Company Sergeant Major |
| Last Unit: | 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1) |
| Born: | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 19 August 1882 |
| Home Town: | Collie, Collie, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | South Preston & Preston State Schools |
| Occupation: | Miner |
| Died: | Accidental injuries caused by bomb explosion), Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 19 November 1915, aged 33 years |
| Cemetery: |
7th Field Ambulance Cemetery Plot II, Row C, Grave 3 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 15 Oct 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1507, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Helena Vale, Western Australia | |
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| 1 Jan 1915: | Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1) | |
| 22 Feb 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Sergeant, 1507, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Itonus embarkation_ship_number: A50 public_note: '' | |
| 22 Feb 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Sergeant, 1507, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Itonus, Fremantle | |
| 5 May 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Sergeant, 1507, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), ANZAC / Gallipoli | |
| 11 Nov 1915: | Promoted AIF WW1, Company Sergeant Major, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1) | |
| 19 Nov 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Company Sergeant Major, 1507, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1507 awm_unit: 16 Battalion awm_rank: Company Sergeant Major awm_died_date: 1915-11-19 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Eugene Charles Arthur OZANNE was born on 19th August, 1882 in Melbourne, Victoria
His parents were Marcel Charles OZANNE (born Paris, France) and Emilia Josephine REINHARDT (born Ballarat, Victoria) they married in 1879 in Victoria.
He married Elizabeth Johnstone McAusland STEWART (known as Cissie) in 1913 in Western Australia - 3 sons, Marcel, and twins Eugene & William who were born after he left Australia - sadly his wife died in Victoria in 1927 leaving the 3 little boys orphaned
Eugene was previously a member of the Permanent Artillery before he enlisted on 15th October, 1914 in Helena Vale, Western Australia he embarked with the 16th Infantry Battalion, 2nd reinforcements on 22nd February, 1915 from Fremantle WA on the ship HMAT Itonus
He was appointed as Temporary Pioneer Sergeant on 19th July, 1915 and on 11th November, 1915 appointed Acting Company Sergeant Major in the Field at Gallipoli
His brother Alfred Thomas OZANNE (SN10758) also served in WW1 as a Company Quartermaster Sergeant in the 3rd Divisional Train - he was medically discharged and returned to Australia
Eugene was accidentally killed by a bomb explosion on 19th November, 1915 at Gallipoli when a bomb from a British Soldier misfired & landed near him - He is buried in the 7th Field Ambulance Cemetery
His name is memorialised on the Australian War Memorial, The WA Honour Roll & the Tyler Street & South Preston Schools Honour Boards where he had attended school
He was awarded the 1914-15 Star, British War Medal & the Victory Medal
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IN MEMORIAM - ANZAC HEROES (Trove article)
In sad and loving memory of my dearly loved husband, Sergeant Major Eugene (Jim) Ozanne, also our dear Daddy, who was killed in action in the Dadanelles on Nov. 19, 1915 aged 33 years
"For liberty, love and honour, he rests in a heroes grave
In dreams I see his dear sweet face, and kiss his dear cold brow
And whisper as I loved him then, I love you dearly now
In a soldiers grave he is sleeping, My loved one, the dearest & best.
In my heart I will miss you for ever, though I know dear you are only at rest"
Inserted by his ever loving wife Cissie , also his dear little sons, Marcel, Willie, Eugene
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On Active Service abroad
"One of Australias best
His life was all love and labour
His heart for his Mother beat true
He cheerfully did his duty
What more could my Son and our Brother do?
He sleeps not in his native land
But under foreign skies
Far from those who loved him
In a heroes grave he lies "
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