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OTTON, Dudley Keith
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 8495 |
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| Enlisted: | 11 October 1915, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Lance Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 4th Division Headquarters |
| Born: | Dubbo, New South Wales, Australia, 1882 |
| Home Town: | Carlingford, Parramatta, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Civil Servant |
| Died: | New South Wales, Australia, 1979, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Carlingford Honour Roll, Norwest Mitchell Remembers Roll of Honour, Sydney Officers of The Chief Secretary's Department, Government Statisticians Office, Master in Lunacy's Office, State Trawling Industry & Aborigines Protection Board Roll of Duty |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 11 Oct 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Driver, 8495, 20th Army Service Corps, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW | |
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| 27 Nov 1915: | Involvement Driver, 8495, 20th Army Service Corps, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '22' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Uganda embarkation_ship_number: A66 public_note: '' | |
| 27 Nov 1915: | Embarked Driver, 8495, 20th Army Service Corps, HMAT Uganda, Sydney | |
| 2 Aug 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Driver, 4th Division Headquarters | |
| 9 Mar 1918: | Honoured Mention in Dispatches, Awarded and promulgated in London Gazette30706 on 28 May 1918; Commonwealth Gazette 165 on 24 October 1918 | |
| 6 Aug 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Lance Sergeant, 8495, 4th Division Headquarters, Discharged at the 2nd Military District |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of John James Otton and Catherine Isabel Otton of Carlingford, NSW.
Commenced return to Australia on 25 February 1919 aboard HT Balmoral Castle disembarking on 13 April 1919 at Melbourne for onward travel to Sydney by boat.
Medals: 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal