Ernest George OTIS

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OTIS, Ernest George

Service Number:	1655
Enlisted:	20 November 1914, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	3rd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Grafton, New South Wales, Australia, 1896
Home Town:	Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Seaman
Died:	Killed In Action, Gallipoli, Turkey, 19 May 1915
Cemetery:	4th Battalion Parade Ground Cemetery Row C. Grave 6. Captain McKenzie officiated
Memorials:

World War 1 Service

20 Nov 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1655, 3rd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
11 Feb 1915:	Involvement Private, 1655, 3rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Seang Choon embarkation_ship_number: A49 public_note: ''
11 Feb 1915:	Embarked Private, 1655, 3rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Seang Choon, Sydney

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Ernest said his parents were both deceased due to a drowning incident and that he had no siblings. On page 41 of his Attestation Paper his full name is given as Ernest George Montgomery Otis.

Next of kin given as a nurse J. Stockholm of Neutral Bay, NSW. Another contact was Marton Lard(Ward) of the Granville Cottage Hospital, Granville, NSW

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

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