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OTTON, Herbert Alfred
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 2947 |
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| Enlisted: | 25 September 1916, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 60th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Essex, England, 1876 |
| Home Town: | Denhams Beach, Eurobodalla, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Plumber |
| Died: | Innisfail, Queensland, Australia, 23 January 1923, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
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Service History
World War 1 Service
| 25 Sep 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2947, 60th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW | |
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| 3 Nov 1916: | Involvement Private, 2947, 60th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '20' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Afric embarkation_ship_number: A19 public_note: '' | |
| 3 Nov 1916: | Embarked Private, 2947, 60th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Afric, Sydney | |
| 30 Jan 1918: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2947, 60th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit due to trench fever |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Husband of Vida Lilian Otton nee Armstrong of Stanley Street, Burwood, NSW. Herbert and Vida married during 1901c in Newtown, NSW. Father of Herbert Ernest Churchill Otton and Doris Vida Otton.
Served a five year apprenticeship with Hannam Engineering LTD. Sydney.
Commenced return to Australia on 19 October 1917 aboard HT Port Lyttleton disembarking on 16 December 1917 at Melbourne then overland to Sydney.
Medal: British War Medal, Victory Medal