OTTER, Harold Walton
| Service Numbers: | 445, 3440, 3440A |
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| Enlisted: | 11 August 1914, Sydney, New South Wales |
| Last Rank: | Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | 53rd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Sydney, New South Wales, 11 February 1895 |
| Home Town: | Marrickville, Marrickville, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Draughtsman |
| Died: | Natural causes, Sydney, New South Wales, 13 May 1972, aged 77 years |
| Cemetery: |
Northern Suburbs Memorial Gardens and Crematorium, NSW |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 11 Aug 1914: | Enlisted Australian Naval & Military Expeditionary Forces (New Guinea 1914), Private, 445, Sydney, New South Wales | |
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| 19 Aug 1914: | Involvement Australian Naval & Military Expeditionary Forces (New Guinea 1914), Corporal, 445, 1st Infantry Battalion, Naval and Military Forces - Special Tropical Corps, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Berrima embarkation_ship_number: A35 public_note: '' | |
| 19 Aug 1914: | Embarked Australian Naval & Military Expeditionary Forces (New Guinea 1914), Corporal, 445, 1st Infantry Battalion, Naval and Military Forces - Special Tropical Corps, HMAT Berrima, Melbourne | |
| 18 Jan 1915: | Discharged Australian Naval & Military Expeditionary Forces (New Guinea 1914), Corporal, 445, 1st Infantry Battalion, Naval and Military Forces - Special Tropical Corps | |
| 12 Dec 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3440, Moore Park, New South Wales | |
| 24 Jan 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3440, 53rd Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Anchises embarkation_ship_number: A68 public_note: '' | |
| 24 Jan 1917: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 3440, 53rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Anchises, Sydney | |
| 17 Nov 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 3440A, 53rd Infantry Battalion | |
| 1 Feb 1918: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 53rd Infantry Battalion | |
| 24 Sep 1918: | Promoted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant | |
| 3 May 1919: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lieutenant | |
| 1 Dec 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 53rd Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by John Edwards
"OFFICER ENLISTS AS A PRIVATE.
Yesterday afternoon Lieutenant Harold W. Otter was made a presentation of a wristlet watch by his fellow-officers In the head office of the Lands Department.. Mr. W. J. Roper (chief draughtsman) made the presentation. Shortly after the outbreak of hostilities Lieutenant Otter enlisted, and proceeded to Now Guinea, whore he contracted malaria. Subsequently ho was engaged as drill instructor to the Press Rifle Club with Captain Arthur Holmes, who spoke highly of his services, and later he was at Goulburn training camp. After many unsuccessful attempts to proceeod to the front, he sacrificed his commission and enlisted as a private." - from the Sydney Morning Herald 17 Jan 1917 (nla.gov.au)
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