OTTEWILL, Herbert Edward
| Service Number: | 1739 |
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| Enlisted: | 13 May 1915, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Lance Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 18th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Sydney, New South Wales Australia , 1894 |
| Home Town: | Newtown (NSW), Inner West, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Butcher |
| Died: | Newtown, New South Wales, Australia, 6 August 1966, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Northern Suburbs Memorial Gardens and Crematorium, NSW |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 13 May 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1739, 18th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW | |
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| 19 Jun 1915: | Involvement Private, 1739, 18th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Kanowna embarkation_ship_number: A61 public_note: '' | |
| 19 Jun 1915: | Embarked Private, 1739, 18th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Kanowna, Sydney | |
| 27 Jun 1916: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1739, 18th Infantry Battalion, Wound to the right shoulder. Embarked for England on 29 June 1916 aboard HS St. Patrick | |
| 23 Mar 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 61st Infantry Battalion , From 18th Battalion | |
| 18 Sep 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 18th Infantry Battalion, From 61st Battalion | |
| 6 Nov 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Lance Sergeant, 1739, 18th Infantry Battalion, Second occasion. Severe wound to the buttock. Embarked for England on 9 November 1917 aboard HS Jan Breydel | |
| 4 Dec 1918: | Discharged AIF WW1, Lance Sergeant, 1739, 18th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as wounded |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Herbert Samuel Ottewill and Louise May Ottewill nee Stallibrass of Dulwich Hill, NSW later of Church Street, Newtown, NSW.
Brother of Frederick Edmund Ottewill who was killed in action on 2-5 October 1917 while serving with the 1st Battalion and has no known grave. His name appears on Panel 7 Menin Gate, Ypres
On 12 July 1917 Herbert married Grace Evelyn Overgage in St. Peters Church, Parkstone, Dorset, England. Vicar Reginald E. Adderley officiated.
Commenced return to Australia 30 June 1918 aboard HT Kanowna disembarking on 4 September 1918
Medals: 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
During 1926c Herbert married Stella V. Holmes in Randwick, NSW