Herbert Walter John OTTREY

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OTTREY, Herbert Walter John

Service Number:	2727
Enlisted:	5 March 1916, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	29th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Beechworth, Victoria, Australia, 18 May 1887
Home Town:	Beechworth, Indigo, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Brewer
Died:	Wangaratta, Victoria, Australia, 6 January 1961, aged 73 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Beechworth Cemetery, Victoria Buried at 3.00 pm on Saturday 07.01.1961 in Church of England - Section F - Plot 534. He is buried with his sister Rose Jane who died on 04.11.1972 aged 79 years.
Memorials:	Beechworth Shire WW1 Honour Roll, Gapsted State School No 2240 Great War Roll of Honor

World War 1 Service

5 Mar 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2727, 29th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
14 Mar 1916:	Involvement Private, 2727, 29th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Anchises embarkation_ship_number: A68 public_note: ''
14 Mar 1916:	Embarked Private, 2727, 29th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Anchises, Melbourne
20 Sep 1916:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2727, 29th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 3rd Military District as medically unfit due to torticollis

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of William George Ottrey and Catherine Ellen Ottrey nee Hume of Gapstead, Victoria.

Brother of Alfred Leslie Ottrey who was killed in action on 9 August 1916 while serving with the 2nd Division Heavy & Medium Trench Battery and has no known grave. His name appears on the Villers-Bretonneux Memorial

Commenced return to Australia on 5 July 1916 aboard HT Karoola disembarking on 2 August 1916

Medal: British War Medal

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