Edward William ODDY

Edward William ODDY Update Details

If you confirm that you want to proceed with the update, this record will be locked for editing by all other users until you have finished. You will have 7 days to complete your changes before they will be automatically submitted.

Do you want to proceed?

Service Number:	2060
Enlisted:	6 October 1914, Enlisted at Pontville, Tasmania
Last Rank:	Gunner
Last Unit:	Australian Army Ordnance Corps
Born:	London, England, 1884
Home Town:	Pontville, Southern Midlands, Tasmania
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Memorials:

6 Oct 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Gunner, 2060, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade , Enlisted at Pontville, Tasmania
20 Oct 1914:	Involvement Gunner, 2060, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Hobart embarkation_ship: HMAT Geelong embarkation_ship_number: A2 public_note: ''
20 Oct 1914:	Embarked Gunner, 2060, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade , HMAT Geelong, Hobart
5 Sep 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Gunner, Australian Army Ordnance Corps, At Codford, Enland
26 Aug 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Gunner, 2060, Australian Army Ordnance Corps, Discharged at the 6th Military District

Help us honour Edward William Oddy's service by contributing information, stories, and images so that they can be preserved for future generations.

Son of George Oddy and Elizabeth Oddy of Goodall Road, Leyton, Essex, England.

Also known as William Edward Oddy.

On 21 December 1918 Edward married Alice Thomas in the Registry Office, West Ham, England. R.S. Simmons officiated.

Commenced return to Australia on 4 June 1919 aboard family ship HT Bremen disembarking on 28 July 1919 at Melbourne for onward travel to Hobart

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

In 1924 Edward was residing at a Brunswick, Victoria before moving to Cowra, NSW in the early 1930s.