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OGG, George Rusden
Personal Details
Service Numbers: | Not yet discovered |
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Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
Last Rank: | Lieutenant |
Last Unit: | 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen |
Born: | East Maitland, New South Wales , Australia, 30 November 1855 |
Home Town: | Ipswich, Queensland |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Soldier, Store Keeper, Businessman |
Died: | Cairns, Queensland, Australia, 9 April 1931, aged 75 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
Cemetery: |
Cairns (General) Cemetery, Queensland Plot: Monumental West Side, Row Q1, Site 2213 |
Memorials: |
Service History
Boer War Service
1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Lieutenant, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen | |
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6 Mar 1901: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Lieutenant, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 488 notes 5th QIB embarked at Pinkenba 6 Mar 1901 aboard Templemore arriving Port Elizabeth 1 Apr 1901. | |
5 May 1902: | Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Lieutenant, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 491 notes 5th QIB embarked at Cape Town 27 Mar 1902 aboard St Andrew returning to Australia arriving Brisbane 30 Apr 1902, disbanded 5 May 1902. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Claude McKelvey
George Rusden Ogg was born on 30 Nov 1855 at East Maitland, New South Wales, a son to Edward Ogg and Rachael Burchal Ogg (nee Gordon). He married Edith Mary Ogg (nee Da Costa) on 6 Sep 1883 at Rockhampton, Queensland, and they had 6 children.