Ernest William OTTAWAY

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OTTAWAY, Ernest William

Service Number:	1798
Enlisted:	23 May 1915, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
Last Rank:	Company Quartermaster Sergeant
Last Unit:	20th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Sydney, New South Wales Australia , 1888
Home Town:	Camden, Camden, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Grocer
Died:	Burwood, New South Wales, Australia, 31 July 1955, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Rookwood Cemeteries & Crematorium, New South Wales
Memorials:

World War 1 Service

23 May 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1798, 20th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
19 Jun 1915:	Involvement Private, 1798, 20th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Kanowna embarkation_ship_number: A61 public_note: ''
19 Jun 1915:	Embarked Private, 1798, 20th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Kanowna, Sydney
22 Oct 1920:	Discharged AIF WW1, Company Quartermaster Sergeant, 1798, 20th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of Alfred Sydney Ottaway and Emily Alice Ottaway of Mitchell Street, Camden, NSW.

Husband of Cissie Adelaide Millicent Ottaway nee Hooker of Mount Pleasant Road, Lewisham, London, England. Ernest and Cissie married on 7 July 1917 in St. Marys Church, Lewisham, London, England. Vicar R.P. Rosevean officiated.

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

Commenced return to Australia on 28 May 1920 aboard HT Bremen disembarking on 24 July 1920

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