Stanley Leslie OCKENDEN

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OCKENDEN, Stanley Leslie

Service Number:	4148
Enlisted:	7 January 1916, Adelaide, South Australia
Last Rank:	Sapper
Last Unit:	2nd Tunnelling Company (inc. 5th Tunnelling Company)
Born:	Burra, South Australia , 25 October 1889
Home Town:	Footscray, Maribyrnong, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia, 12 April 1965, aged 75 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Altona Memorial Park, Victoria Fountain Court, Wall WA, Niche 27
Memorials:	Burra District WW1 Honor Roll

World War 1 Service

7 Jan 1916:	Enlisted Adelaide, South Australia
25 May 1916:	Involvement Sapper, 4148, 2nd Tunnelling Company (inc. 5th Tunnelling Company), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Warilda embarkation_ship_number: A69 public_note: ''
25 May 1916:	Embarked Sapper, 4148, 1st Tunnelling Company (inc. 4th Tunnelling Company), HMAT Warilda, Melbourne
25 May 1916:	Embarked Sapper, 4148, 2nd Tunnelling Company (inc. 5th Tunnelling Company), HMAT Warilda, Melbourne
25 May 1916:	Involvement Sapper, 4148, 1st Tunnelling Company (inc. 4th Tunnelling Company), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Warilda embarkation_ship_number: A69 public_note: ''
29 May 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Sapper, 2nd Tunnelling Company (inc. 5th Tunnelling Company), From 5th Tunnelling Company
9 Jul 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Sapper, 4148, 2nd Tunnelling Company (inc. 5th Tunnelling Company), Wounds to the left shoulder and legs. Transferred to England on 22 July 1917
20 Nov 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Sapper, 4148, 2nd Tunnelling Company (inc. 5th Tunnelling Company), Discharged at the 3rd Military District as medically unfit
Date unknown:	Wounded 4148

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of Richard John Jupp Ockenden and Mary Elizabeth Ockenden nee Lampard of Burra, SA. Stanley was baptised in the Burra Anglican Church, Burra during 1891

Brother of Oliver Henry (Twist) Ockenden who returned to Australia on 10 May 1918 having served with the 50th Battalion; Arthur Gordon Ockenden who returned to Australia on 11 October 1918 having served with the 7th Field Ambulance; Charles Levi Ockenden who returned to Australia on 8 September 1919 having served with the Australian Flying Corps; Harold Ockenden who was killed in action on 7 October 1917 and has no known grave, his name appears on Menin Gate, Ypres, Panel 23; Richard Allan Ockenden who returned to Australia on 16 October 1915 having served with the 3rd Light Horse Regiment

Husband of Annie Frances Ockenden nee Duff of Walter Street, Footscray, Victoria. Stanley and Annie married during 1914c in Broken Hill, NSW.

Commenced return to Australia on 4 June 1919 aboard HT Mahia disembarking on 17 July 1919

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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