Archives SA search indicates Palmer Ockenden enrolled in "Rifle Volunteer Force" (RVF) and/or "Volunteer Military Force" (VMF) on 28/1/1864; Company/Ref 9 in Oakbank. Series Id GRG149/1 Nominal Rolls; Consignment 0; Unit 1.
Boer War records found for Palmer Ockenden on
http://members.pcug.org.au/~croe/ozb/oz_boer_more.cgi?record=15117------------------
Palmer OCKENDEN can be found on the following Victorian Electoral Roll records:
1903 - Point Nepean Rd, Cheltenham, Vic, Australia.
http://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?ti=5538&indiv=try&db=auselectoralrolls&h=81375531909 - Point Nepean Rd, Cheltenham, Vic, Australia.
http://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?ti=5538&indiv=try&db=auselectoralrolls&h=87267931914 - Rosebud, Vic, Australia.
http://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?ti=5538&indiv=try&db=auselectoralrolls&h=96994331919 - 20 Raleigh St, Footscray, Vic
http://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?ti=5538&indiv=try&db=auselectoralrolls&h=10860431