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William OUTTRAM

Regimental number2009
Place of birthDigby, Victoria
SchoolState School, Digby, Victoria
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationLabourer
AddressDigby, Victoria
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation33
Next of kinWife, Mrs A F Outtram, Digby, Victoria
Enlistment date20 May 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll12 March 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name59th Battalion, 3rd Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/76/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A17 Port Lincoln on 4 May 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll58th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 26 November 1916
Place of death or woundingFrance
Age at death34
Age at death from cemetery records34
Place of burialQuarry Cemetery (Plot VI, Row D, Grave No. 6), Montauban, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
166
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Commemorated on Memorial Plantation Hotspur Avenue of Avenue, Victoria. Parents: John and Jessie OUTTRAM; husband of Ada OUTTRAM, Clarke Street, Digby, Victoria
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Disembarked Suez, 10 June 1916.

Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 2 August 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 8 August 1916.

Marched in to 15th Training Bn, Lark Hill, England, 21 August 1916.

Proceeded overseas to France, 16 September 1916; taken on strength, 58th Bn, in the field, 30 September 1916.

Wounded in action, 23 November 1916 (machine gun wound, left side); admitted to 13th Australian Field Ambulance, 26 November 1916.

Died of wounds, 26 November 1916.

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsSee 2211 William OUTTRAM for first period of service.

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