Sidney Ambrose OTTREY

Sidney Ambrose OTTREY Update Details

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Service Number:	3164
Enlisted:	18 September 1916, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	59th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Mincha East, Victoria, Australia, 1897
Home Town:	Mincha, Loddon, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Farmer
Died:	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, March 1968, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Fawkner Memorial Park Cemetery, Victoria Service held on 27 March 1968. 4th Ave Wall Niches (North Side), Wall 1, Section F, Niche 93
Memorials:	Pyramid Hill Mincha District Great European War Honour Roll

18 Sep 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3164, 2nd Pioneer Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
23 Nov 1916:	Involvement Private, 3164, 2nd Pioneer Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: ''
23 Nov 1916:	Embarked Private, 3164, 2nd Pioneer Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Melbourne
7 Nov 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 60th Infantry Battalion, From 2nd Pioneer Battalion
25 Sep 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 59th Infantry Battalion, From 60th Battalion
12 Jan 1920:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 3164, 59th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 3rd Military District

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Son of John Robert Ottrey and Elizabeh Grace Ottrey nee Hill of Mincha East, Victoria.

Commenced return to Australia on 6 October 1919 aboard HT Pakeha disembarking on 24 November 1919.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

During 1923c Sidney married Mary Ellen Herbert in Victoria.