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OTTO, Edward
| Service Number: | 1399 |
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| Enlisted: | 7 December 1914, Enlisted at Oaklands, SA |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 32nd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Eudunda, South Australia, 4 May 1896 |
| Home Town: | Brompton, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Ironmoulder |
| Died: | Parkside, South Australia, 29 June 1960, aged 64 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Centennial Park Cemetery, South Australia General AC, Path 17, Grave 251A, now expired. Interred on 1 July 1960 |
| Memorials: | Gawler Council Gawler Men Who Answered the Call WW1 Roll of Honor |
World War 1 Service
| 7 Dec 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1399, 32nd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Oaklands, SA | |
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| 2 Feb 1915: | Involvement Private, 1399, 10th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Clan McGillivray embarkation_ship_number: A46 public_note: '' | |
| 2 Feb 1915: | Embarked Private, 1399, 10th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Clan McGillivray, Melbourne | |
| 11 Nov 1918: | Involvement Private, 1399, 32nd Infantry Battalion | |
| 6 Oct 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 1399, 32nd Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 4th Military District | |
| Date unknown: | Wounded 1399, 32nd Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Sometime referred to as Edwin Julius Herbert Otto but served as Edward Otto aka Edward Herbert Roberts. During 1947 he changed his surname to Roberts by Deed Poll
Son of Johann August Hermann Otto and Selma Amelia Pauline Roberts formerly Otto nee Regneir of East Street, Brompton, SA formerly of Eudunda, SA.
Commenced return to Australia on 1 August 1919 aboard HT Argyllshire disembarking on 18 September 1919
Medals: 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
On 21 November 1922 Edward married Alma Blanch Williams in the Registry Office, Adelaide, SA. On page 26 of the Attestation Paper Alma refers to him as Edward Herbert Roberts.