Charles William OGILVIE MM

OGILVIE, Charles William

    Service Numbers: 1269, 86310
    Enlisted: 28 February 1915
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: Special Services AIF
    Born: Murrurundi, New South Wales, Australia, 3 March 1895
    Home Town: Newtown (NSW), Inner West, New South Wales
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Grocer
    Died: Wickham, New South Wales, Australia, 1948, cause of death not yet discovered
    Cemetery: Newcastle Memorial Park (fmly Beresfield Crematorium)
    Ashes scattered in a general plot and there is not memorial in the Newcastle Memorial Park
    Memorials: Armidale Memorial Fountain
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    World War 1 Service

    28 Feb 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1269, 17th Infantry Battalion
    12 May 1915: Involvement Private, 1269, 17th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: ''
    12 May 1915: Embarked Private, 1269, 17th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Themistocles, Sydney
    10 Aug 1916: Honoured Military Medal, Valuable services as Battalion runner, showing great courage and devotion to duty at Pozieres London Gazette on 21 September 1916, page 9205, position 89 Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 14 December 1916, page 3381, position 36
    25 Aug 1916: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1269, 17th Infantry Battalion, Wound to the knee. Embarked for England on 28 August 1916 aboard HS Jan Breydel
    20 Apr 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 1269, 17th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit due to synovitis of the left knee
    9 Sep 1919: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 86310, Special Services AIF, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
    18 Sep 1919: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 86310, Special Services AIF, Embarked SS Frankfurt at Sydney, NSW
    18 Mar 1920: Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 86310, Special Services AIF, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit

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    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    Son of Charles W. Ogilvie and Mary Ogilvie of Butler Street, Armidale, NSW

    Commenced return to Australia on 10 December 1918 aboard HT Somali disembarking on 19 February 1919

    Returned to Australia (Special Services) aboard SS Konigan Luise on 7 February 1920

    Medals: Military Medal, 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

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