Horace OCKERBY

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Service Number:	6462
Enlisted:	21 February 1916, Enlisted at Perth, WA
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	11th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Devonport, Tasmania, Australia, 17 March 1893
Home Town:	Cottesloe, Western Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Clerk
Memorials:	Cottesloe Life Saving & Athletic Club WW1 Honor Roll, Cottesloe Ocean Beach No 29 Troop Boy Scouts Honour Roll, Cottesloe State School WW1 Honour Board, Nedlands Scotch College WW1 Honour Roll

21 Feb 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6462, 11th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Perth, WA
10 Oct 1916:	Involvement Private, 6462, 11th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Suffolk embarkation_ship_number: A23 public_note: ''
10 Oct 1916:	Embarked Private, 6462, 11th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Suffolk, Fremantle
4 May 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 6462, 11th Infantry Battalion, Severe wound to the arm, later amputated. Embarked for England from Boulogne on 6 May 1917 aboard HS St. Andrew
29 Apr 1918:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 6462, 11th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 5th Military District as medically unfit due to amputation

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Son of Thomas Ockerby and Edith Ockerby nee Beadle of Forrest Street, Cottesloe, WA formerly of Devonport, Tasmania.

Brother of Aubrey Thomas Ockerby who returned to Australia on 3 December 1917 having served with the 11th Batallion

Commenced return to Australia on 15 February 1918 aboard HT Llanstephen Castle disembarking on 8 April 1918

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal