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COTTAM, Ernest John
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 5665 |
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| Enlisted: | 18 January 1916, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 15th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Lincolnshire, England, 1883 |
| Home Town: | Nanango, South Burnett, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Hairdresser |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 1 February 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Maryborough St. Paul's Anglican Church Book of Remembrance, Nanango War Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 18 Jan 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5665, 15th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD | |
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| 4 May 1916: | Involvement Private, 5665, 15th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Seang Choon embarkation_ship_number: A49 public_note: '' | |
| 4 May 1916: | Embarked Private, 5665, 15th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Seang Choon, Brisbane |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Margaret Cottam of Lennox Street, Maryborough, QLD
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
Served his apprenticeship with H. Hills of Maryborough, QLD
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