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Ottrey Harold George
Australian Private 60th Bn. Australian Infantry Castelemaine , Victoria 25 september 1917 Son of John Robert Ottrey , Mincha , Victoria Single Farmer 5'8" = 1.72 m 10 stone = 63.5 kg Fair complexion Dark brown Brown Scar on left calf of leg Church of England Birr Cross Roads Cemetery Plot I , Row F , Stone 17 |
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Military footsteps
17 march 1916 2 may - 16 june 1916 1 august 1916 14 september 1916 13 october 1916 6 december 1916 7 december 1916 13 february 1917 17 february 1917 23 february 1917 25 february 1917 26 february 1917 19 march 1917 20 march 1917 29 march 1917 4 april 1917 6 april 1917 25 september 1917 |
Enlisted at Bendigo Posted to 4th Reinforcements , 60th Bn. AIF at Bendigo Embarked at Melbourne per HMAT 'Orsova' Disembarked at Plymouth , England Admitted to Hospital 15th Training Battalion at Codford Proceeded to France , via Folkestone , per SS 'Princess Henrietta' Marched in at 5th Australian Divisional Depot at Etaples Marched out to unit Taken on strength 60th Bn. AIF, in the field Accidentally wounded Court of Inquiry states: 'Accidentally wounded by a grenade 23 february 1917 at Fricourt . Neither soldier nor anyone connected in the training was to blame' Admitted to 1st South Midland Casualty Clearing Station with shrapnel wound to the left shoulder. Transferred to Ambulance Train Admitted to 9th General Hospital at Rouen , France Transferred to 2nd Convalescent Depot Discharged to Base Depot Marched in at 5th Australian Divisional Base Depot at Etaples Marched out to unit Rejoined 60th Bn. AIF in the field Killed in action in the Battle of the Menin Road |
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His brother Ottrey John Thomas , joined the Otago Battalion , New Zealand Expeditionary Force and was killed in action on 27 september 1916
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1916 Prahran , third from the left is 2225 Private Harold George Ottrey, 60th Battalion, of Mincha, Victoria
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HMAT 'Orsova'
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