Alan James OTTREY

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Service Number:	QX15632
Enlisted:	28 May 1941
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	2nd/31st Infantry Battalion
Born:	Pyramid Hills, Victoria, Australia, 7 September 1913
Home Town:	Echuca, Campaspe, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Died of wounds, Balikpapan, Borneo, 10 July 1945, aged 31 years
Cemetery:	Labuan War Cemetery Burial reference: - Plot 8. Row B. Grave 6.
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Gunbower Memorial Gates

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Corporal, QX15632
28 May 1941:	Enlisted
28 May 1941:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Corporal, QX15632, 2nd/31st Infantry Battalion
28 May 1941:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, QX15632, 2nd/31st Infantry Battalion, Enlisted in Cairns, Queensland, Australia.
10 Jul 1945:	Discharged
10 Jul 1945:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Corporal, QX15632, 2nd/31st Infantry Battalion, Died from gunshot wound to right forehead received in action at Balikpapan.

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Parents: - Walter Edward Ottrey and Amy Winterbottom married 29th April 1911 in Mount Hope, Victoria, Australia.