William Henry OGILVIE

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OGILVIE, William Henry

Service Number:	107
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Trooper
Last Unit:	4th South Australian Imperial Bushmen
Born:	Port Pirie, South Australia, 3 April 1880
Home Town:	Parkside, Unley, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Soldier
Died:	Enteric Fever, Pretoria, South Africa, 12 December 1901, aged 21 years
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:	Adelaide Boer War Memorial

Boer War Service

1 Oct 1899:	Involvement Trooper, 107, 4th Imperial Bushmen
1 Jan 1901:	Involvement Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Trooper, 107, 4th South Australian Imperial Bushmen

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Biography

The Advertiser (Adelaide, SA: 1889 - 1931) Wednesday 18 December 1901

PERSONAL

The Chief Secretary has received the following cable message from Major F. W. Hurcombe, late of the Fourth South Australian Contingent:—"Pretoria— No. 107, Trooper William Henry Ogilvie, Fourth Imperial Bushmen's Contingent, died Pretoria from enteric fever on December 12." The father of the deceased soldier resides at St. Ann's-place, Parkside, and the Government have sent a message of condolence to him.

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article4877864

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