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OTTREY, Alfred Leslie
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 10458 |
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| Enlisted: | 17 August 1915, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Gunner |
| Last Unit: | 2nd (Divisional) Medium and Heavy Trench Mortar Batteries, AIF |
| Born: | Beechworth, Victoria, Australia, 1886 |
| Home Town: | Beechworth, Indigo, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Gapstead State School, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Horse Driver |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 9 August 1916 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Beechworth Shire WW1 Honour Roll, Beechworth War Memorial, Gapsted State School No 2240 Great War Roll of Honor, Myrtleford War Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 17 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Gunner, 10458, 4th Field Artillery Brigade, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria | |
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| 5 Jan 1916: | Involvement Gunner, 10458, 4th Field Artillery Brigade, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Afric embarkation_ship_number: A19 public_note: '' | |
| 5 Jan 1916: | Embarked Gunner, 10458, 4th Field Artillery Brigade, HMAT Afric, Melbourne | |
| 17 Jul 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Gunner, 2nd Divisional Ammunition Column | |
| 22 Jul 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Gunner, 2nd (Divisional) Medium and Heavy Trench Mortar Batteries, AIF, From 2nd Divisional Ammunition Column | |
| 9 Aug 1916: | Involvement Gunner, 10458, 2nd (Divisional) Medium and Heavy Trench Mortar Batteries, AIF, Battle for Pozières , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 10458 awm_unit: 2nd Australian Division Trench Mortars awm_rank: Gunner awm_died_date: 1916-08-09 |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of William George Ottrey and Catherine Ellen Ottrey nee Hume of Gapstead, Victoria.
Brother of Herbert Walter John Ottrey who returned to Australia on 2 August 1916 having served with the 29th Battalion
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal