OTT, Charles George
(Service number 62879)
| First Rank | Private | Last Rank | Private |
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Birth
| Date | 27/06/1897 | Place of Birth | St Andrews |
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Enlistment Information
| Date | Age | ||
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| Occupation | Farm assistant | ||
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| Next of Kin | Charles George Ott (father), 142 Winter's Road, Papanui, Christchurch, New Zealand | ||
Military Service
| Served with | NZ Armed Forces | Served in | Army |
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Embarkation Information
| Body on Embarkation | New Zealand Expeditionary Force | ||
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| Unit, Squadron, or Ship | 34th Reinforcements Specialist Company | ||
| Date | 8 February 1918 | ||
| Transport | Ulimaroa | ||
| Embarked From | Wellington, New Zealand | Destination | Liverpool, England |
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| Last Unit Served With | New Zealand Machine Gun Corps | ||
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Award Circumstances and Date
No information
Prisoner of War Information
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Death
| Date | 10 October 1918 | Age | |
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| Place of Death | France | ||
| Cause | Died of wounds | ||
| Memorial or Cemetery | Beaulencourt British Cemetery, Ligny-Thilloy, Pas-de-Calais, France | ||
| New Zealand Memorials | On Memorial wall, Timaru; St Andrews War memorial | ||
Biographical Notes
Sources
Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [27 Dec 2013]; Military Record - Archives New Zealand, Wellington Office Item ID R21383038; Probate held at Archives New Zealand, Christchurch Office Item ID R22394493; Luxford, J. "With the machine gunners in France and Palestine", Auckland, N.Z.: Whitcombe & Tombs, 1923
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John Sutherland, SC branch NZSG
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