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Charles Levi OCKENDEN

Regimental number2539
Place of birthKooringa South Australia
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationPlumber and tinsmith
AddressStreaky Bay, South Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation29
Next of kinSister, Miss Nellie Ockenden, Kooringa, South Australia
Enlistment date2 June 1917
Rank on enlistment2nd Air Mechanic
Unit nameAustralian Flying Corps, No 1 Special Draft
AWM Embarkation Roll number8/15/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A71 Nestor on 21 November 1917
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board SS Indarra on 26 November 1917
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal RollAustralian Flying Corps
FateReturned to Australia 8 September 1919
Family/military connectionsBrothers: 7966 Pte Arthur Gordon OCKENDEN, 7th Field Ambulance, returned to Australia, 24 August 1918; 4184 Pte Harold OCKENDEN, 27th Bn, killed in action, 7 October 1917.

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