Alfred Edwin OTHEN

Badge Number: S3319, Sub Branch: Semaphore
S3319

OTHEN, Alfred Edwin

    Service Number: 6889
    Enlisted: 26 May 1915, Enlisted at Keswick, SA
    Last Rank: Corporal
    Last Unit: 15th Field Ambulance
    Born: Port Adelaide, South Australia, 18 August 1885
    Home Town: Glanville, South Australia
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Driver
    Died: Daw Park, South Australia, 19 August 1969, aged 84 years, cause of death not yet discovered
    Cemetery: Cheltenham Cemetery, South Australia
    Section O, Drive C, Path 42, Grave 145. Commemorated with a plaque in the SA Garden of Remembrance
    Memorials: Peterhead Glanville School Roll of Honor, Rosewater Marist Brothers Port Adelaide Roll of Honour
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    World War 1 Service

    26 May 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6889, 8th Field Ambulance, Enlisted at Keswick, SA
    10 Nov 1915: Involvement Private, 6889, 8th Field Ambulance, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '22' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: ''
    10 Nov 1915: Embarked Private, 6889, 8th Field Ambulance, HMAT Ascanius, Melbourne
    24 Feb 1916: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 15th Field Ambulance, At Tel-el-Kebir, from the 8th Field Ambulance
    11 Nov 1918: Involvement Corporal, 6889
    20 Oct 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Corporal, 6889, 15th Field Ambulance, Discharged at the 4th Military District

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    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    Son of Abraham Othen and Annie Wallace Othen nee Donaldson of Carlisle Street, Glanville, SA.

    Commenced return to Australia on 6 July 1919 aboard HT Boorara as nursing staff disembarking on 26 August 1919 at Melbourne for onward travel to Adelaide.

    Medals: 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

    At the time of death his residential address was Peterhead, SA

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