VOLLMERHAUSEN / VOLMERHOUSE, Otto
| Service Numbers: | 1944, 2015 |
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| Enlisted: | 13 February 1902, Lytton, Qld. |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 25th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Lobethal, SA, 6 February 1877 |
| Home Town: | Maryborough, Fraser Coast, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer / Farmer |
| Died: | Death attributed to War Service, Maryborough, Qld., 9 June 1938, aged 61 years |
| Cemetery: |
Maryborough Lawn Cemetery, Queensland |
| Memorials: | Mackay Old Town Hall Honour Roll, Maryborough Boer War Honour Roll, Maryborough City Hall Honour Roll, Maryborough St. Paul's Anglican Church Book of Remembrance, Tinana War Memorial |
Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Private, 1944, 3rd Battalion, Australian Commonwealth Horse | |
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| 13 Feb 1902: | Enlisted Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Trooper, 1944, 3rd Battalion, Australian Commonwealth Horse, Lytton, Qld. |
World War 1 Service
| 16 Aug 1915: | Involvement Private, 2015, 25th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Kyarra embarkation_ship_number: A55 public_note: '' | |
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| 16 Aug 1915: | Embarked Private, 2015, 25th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Kyarra, Brisbane |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Daryl Jones
Born Johanne Otto VOLLMERHAUSEN, son of John (Johannes) VOLLMERHAUSEN and Johanne nee SCHMITTE of Maryborough, Qld.
Military Medal
'During operations near BULLECOURT 3rd to 6th May showed great courage and set a fine example. On night 5th/6th he promptly answered call for volunteers to carry back through heavy shelling a man of18th Battalion who had been found in a shell hole. As our men --- lined --- out to cut in new C.T. on right flank of captured trenches.'
Source: 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 189
Date: 8 November 1917
LIMBLESS RETURNED MEN.
Members of the Queensland Limbless Sailors and Soldiers' Association at their monthly meeting at the Anzac Club last night were incensed by the reported treatment of one of their number. ex-Sergeant Otto Vollmerhause, M.M. His pension, after being raised early in 1926, when the association made representations on his behalf, was reduced again a few months ago. The meeting thought that Vollmcrhause had been harshly treated, and resolved to wire the circumstances of the case to Sir Neville Howse, V.C., with a request that he should investigate the case.
MR. J. 0. VOLLMERHAUSEN
There passed away at Maryborough last night another Anzac. Mr. Johanne Otto VoIImerhausen. The late Mr. Vollmerhausen enlisted at Mackay in 1914, and was engaged in active service for four years and 95 days. It was in the last battle in which the Australians fought in France that he lost his leg. He was one of the original Anzacs to land at Gallipoli. He was awarded the Militiary Medal at Bullicourt for bravery. The late Mr. Vollmerhausen also served in the Boer War. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Pearl May Vollmerhausen, one son, Elvyn Roy, his aged mother, one sister and six brothers. They are Mrs. F. Kennie Maryborough)- Messrs William (Mackay), Emil (Maryoorough), Frank (Kingaroy). Jacob (Maryborough), Louis (Takura) and Rudolf, Maryborough). The funeral will move from the Baptist Church Granville, this afternoon at 3.30 o'clock.
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