Garrett COTTER

COTTER, Garrett

Service Number: 11937
Enlisted: 12 July 1915, Enlisted at Geelong, Victoria
Last Rank: Gunner
Last Unit: 2nd Field Artillery Brigade
Born: Geelong West, Victoria, Australia, 1893
Home Town: Ballarat, Central Highlands, Victoria
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Fireman
Died: Geelong, Victoria, Australia, 4 April 1942, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: Geelong Western Cemetery, Victoria
Roman Catholic area, Row 1, Grave 273. Interred on 6 April 1942
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World War 1 Service

12 Jul 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Gunner, 11937, 1st Divisional Ammunition Column, Enlisted at Geelong, Victoria
28 Jan 1916: Involvement Gunner, 11937, 1st Divisional Ammunition Column, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '22' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: ''
28 Jan 1916: Embarked Gunner, 11937, 1st Divisional Ammunition Column, HMAT Themistocles, Melbourne
7 Mar 1916: Transferred AIF WW1, Gunner, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade , From 1st Divisional Ammunition Column
15 May 1916: Transferred AIF WW1, Gunner, 21st Field Artillery (Howitzer) Brigade, From 3rd Field Artillery Brigade
24 Jan 1917: Transferred AIF WW1, Gunner, 2nd Field Artillery Brigade , From 21st Field Artillery (Howitzer)
30 Oct 1917: Wounded AIF WW1, Gunner, 11937, 2nd Field Artillery Brigade , Gassed. Invalided to England on 11 November 1917 aboard HS Princess Elizabeth
7 May 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Gunner, 11937, 2nd Field Artillery Brigade , Discharged at the 3rd Military District as medically unfit

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of Mary Ann Cotter of O'Connell Street, Geelong West, Victoria

Husband of Violet Cotter of Petrel Street, Geelong East, Victoria later of Clayton Street, Ballarat, Victoria

Commenced return to Australia on 25 January 1919 aboard HT Ceramic disembarking on 23 March 1919

Medal: British War Medal, Victory Medal