Herbert Frederick OTTAWAY

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OTTAWAY, Herbert Frederick

Service Numbers:	16, N72563
Enlisted:	24 August 1914, Enlisted at Morphettville, SA
Last Rank:	Staff Sergeant
Last Unit:	3rd Machine Gun Battalion
Born:	Ballarat, Victoria, Australia, 20 March 1883
Home Town:	Ballarat, Central Highlands, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Clerk
Died:	Australian Capital Territory, Australia, 13 October 1955, aged 72 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Woden (Canberra) Public Cemetery, ACT Plot reads: H-EX-A-095. Commemorated in the Ballarat Avenue of Honour, with a tree and a plaque
Memorials:	Ballarat St. Peters Anglican Church WWI Roll of Honour

World War 1 Service

24 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 16, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, Enlisted at Morphettville, SA
22 Oct 1914:	Embarked Private, 16, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Port Lincoln, Adelaide
22 Oct 1914:	Involvement Private, 16, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Lincoln embarkation_ship_number: A17 public_note: ''
2 Aug 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 3rd Machine Gun Battalion
13 Aug 1920:	Discharged AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 3rd Machine Gun Battalion, Discharged at the 3rd Military District

World War 2 Service

31 Jul 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Staff Sergeant, N72563
13 Nov 1944:	Discharged AIF WW1, N72563, Discharged in NSW

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of Charles Ottaway and Jessie Ottaway nee Weir of Ballarat, Victoria.

Husband of Jemima Ottaway nee Trail C/- J. Simpson, Moorngag, Victoria. Herbert and Jemima married during 1909 in Victoria.

Commenced return to Australia on 15 November 1918 aboard HT Port Darwin disembarking on 24 December 1918.

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

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