COTTAM G.

Given Names:  George

Service Number:  353

Unit:  22nd Battalion, B Company                                                                                     

Rank:  Private  

Paybook Number:  22542

Age:  44 Yrs  9 Mths

Occupation:  Carpenter                                                                                                  

Marital Status:  Single

Religion:  Presbyterian

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION           

Height:  5 Ft  6¾ In                  

Weight:  148 Lbs

Chest:  34½-36½ In

Hair:  Fair

Eyes:  Dark Brown

Complexion:  Fair

ENLISTMENT

Date Enlisted:  15/2/1915

Place:  Melbourne

Next of Kin:  SISTER  Mrs Mary A Holt

Kent Street, Kew, Victoria                                                                                                

Embarkation Date:  10/5/1915

Port:  Melbourne                                       

Ship:  HMAT Ulysses A38

END OF WAR 

Status:  Returned to Australia

Ship:  Gaika    

Embarked:  12/5/1918                               

Disembarked: 

Unit:  22nd Battalion                                                                                                                     

Rank:  Private

Discharge Date:  23/7/1918                       

Place:  Melbourne

MEDALS AND AWARDS

14/15 Star:  20253

British War Medal:  13159

Victory Medal:  13068

Other:   

BIRTH

Date or Year:  1870

Place:  Romsey, Victoria                          

Father:  James COTTAM                         

Mother:  Elizabeth SHANKS

MARRIAGE

Year:  1922     

Place:             

Spouse: Isabella Jean WORLAND

DEATH

Date or Year: 21/3/1960                          

Place: Kew, Victoria                                

Burial:  Kew Cemetery, Victoria

SERVICE RECORD HIGHLIGHTS

Served at Gallipoli (16 weeks)

Was invalided to UK 20/4/1918 with debility (arteriosclerosis)

MEMORIALS

Kew War Memorial

Kew Presbyterian Church

WORLD WAR 2 SERVICE

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