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OGILVIE, Alexander Herbert
Personal Details
Service Number: | 4460 |
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Enlisted: | 6 August 1915, Place of enlistment - Cootamundra, New South Wales |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 1st Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Gundagai, New South Wales, 7 October 1897 |
Home Town: | Adelong, Tumut Shire, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Adelong State School |
Occupation: | Farm Labourer |
Died: | Died of wounds, France, 3 August 1916, aged 18 years |
Cemetery: |
Bois-Guillaume Communal Cemetery Plot II, Row A, Grave No. 13A, Bois Guillaume Communal Cemetery, Haute-Normandie, France |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 1 Service
6 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4460, Place of enlistment - Cootamundra, New South Wales | |
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15 Jan 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 4460, 1st Infantry Battalion, Embarked on RMS Osterley from Sydney on 15th January 1916. | |
23 Jul 1916: | Wounded Private, 4460, 1st Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , Gun shot wound to back and shell shock. Private Ogilvie succumbed to his wounds on 3rd August 1916. |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Daryl Jones
Son of Colin Gordon and Louisa OGILVIE. Native of Adelong, New South Wales.