Roy Ogilvie FORDHAM

FORDHAM, Roy Ogilvie

Service Number: 184
Enlisted: 20 August 1914, Adelaide
Last Rank: Lieutenant
Last Unit: 10th Infantry Battalion
Born: East Adelaide, South Australia, 19 August 1892
Home Town: Marryatville, Norwood Payneham St Peters, South Australia
Schooling: Marryatville Primary School, Norwood Public School & Adelaide School of Mines, South Australia
Occupation: Clerk
Died: Killed In Action, France, 8 April 1917, aged 24 years
Cemetery: Vaulx Hill Cemetery
III.B.4) Also has his name memorialised on a headstone at Payneham Cemetery, SA.
Memorials: Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, East Killara North Sydney Technical High School WW1 Honour Board, Hazelwood Park (Knightsbridge) War Memorial, Norwood Primary School Honour Board, Rose Park Burnside & District - Fallen Soldiers Memorial Trees - Rose Park, Rose Park Burnside District Fallen Soldiers' Memorial - Rose Park, St. Peters East Adelaide Public School Roll of Honour
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World War 1 Service

20 Aug 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 184, 10th Infantry Battalion, Adelaide
20 Oct 1914: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 184, 10th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: ''
20 Oct 1914: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 184, 10th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ascanius, Adelaide
23 Jul 1916: Involvement AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 184, 10th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières
8 Apr 1917: Involvement AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 10th Infantry Battalion, The Outpost Villages - German Withdrawal to Hindenburg Line, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: awm_unit: 10 Battalion awm_rank: Lieutenant awm_died_date: 1917-04-08

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Biography contributed

Biography written by William Pincombe, Glenunga International High School, SA attached as a document. Winning entry for 2015 Premier's Anzac Spirit School Prize.