Conrad ORTLEPP

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Service Number:	887
Enlisted:	25 January 1915, Enlisted at Oaklands, SA
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	20th Army Service Corps
Born:	Nhill, Victoria, Australia, 1888
Home Town:	Maylands (SA), Norwood Payneham St Peters, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Saddler
Died:	Norwood, South Australia, 7 September 1937, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Mitcham General Cemetery, South Australia Section C, Grave 138
Memorials:

25 Jan 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Driver, 887, 27th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Oaklands, SA
31 May 1915:	Involvement Driver, 887, 27th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Geelong embarkation_ship_number: A2 public_note: ''
31 May 1915:	Embarked Driver, 887, 27th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Geelong, Adelaide
1 Feb 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Driver, 20th Army Service Corps, From 27th Battalion
25 Jul 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Corporal, 887, 20th Army Service Corps, Discharged at the 4th Military District

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Full name Conrad Luzig Oscar Ortlepp but served at Conrad Ortlepp.

Son of Gustave H.E. R. Ortlepp and Mary Julie Elizabeth Ortlepp nee Aldenhofen of Mayfair Street, Maylands, SA formerly of Nhill, Victoria.

Commenced return to Australia on 5 April 1919 aboard HT Warwickshire disembarking on 24 May 1919

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

On 26 July 1919 Conrad married Gladys Ella Tester in Maughan Church, Adelaide, SA