Otto Christian NIEMANN

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NIEMANN, Otto Christian

Service Number:	3066
Enlisted:	16 May 1915, Keswick, South Australia
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	10th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Copperhouse, South Australia, 10 July 1891
Home Town:	Copperhouse, Goyder, South Australia
Schooling:	Copperhouse Public School, South Australia
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, Pozières, France, 23 July 1916, aged 25 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Burra District WW1 Honor Roll, Burra Fallen Soldiers Memorial

World War 1 Service

16 May 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3066, 10th Infantry Battalion, Keswick, South Australia
14 Sep 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3066, 10th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Ballarat embarkation_ship_number: A70 public_note: ''
14 Sep 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 3066, 10th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ballarat, Adelaide
25 Nov 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3066, 10th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli
23 Jul 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3066, 10th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières

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Biography

"...3066 Private Otto Christian Niemann, 10th Battalion AIF. Pte Niemann, a labourer from Copperhouse SA, enlisted on 15 June 1915. He served on Gallipoli and was killed in action near Pozieres, France betweem the 21st and 23rd of July 1916. His body was never recovered and he is commemorated on the Australian Memorial at Villers Bretonneux, France. His mother Anna added the following detail to the Roll of Honour Circular she completed for the Australian War Museum: "Pte O. C. Niemann was reported missing, no definite information has ever been accorded me!! Officers of the 10th Battalion have said he was a brave soldier and as such he must have fought well" - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)

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