Otto Winter

Actual name Otto Rafael Winter    Alias Otto George Winter (WWII); Rafael; George

Born 27.02.1880     Place Helsingfors (Helsinki), Finland

Ethnic origin Finn     Religion Church of England

Father Otto Edvard Winter      Mother Hedvig Karolina Winter (née Winblad)

Arrived at Australia

            from London     on 5.02.1907     per Star of New Zealand     disembarked at Brisbane

Residence before enlistment Qld and NSW, Sydney, South Richmond, Vic., South Australia

Family Irene Winter (née Daley), married 1915 at Woodville, SA; children: Harold Roy, b. 1915; Mavis June, b. 1920; Valda Irene, b. 1921; Joyce Elaine, b. 1923; Betty, b. 1925

Occupation 1916 seaman, fireman, 1942 fitter

Service

service number 1434     enlisted 14.02.1916     POE Casula, NSW

unit 1st Tunnelling Coy, 50th Battalion       rank Sapper

place Western Front, 1916-1918       casualties WIA 1918 (twice)

final fate RTA 12.05.1919      discharged 21.08.1919

Naturalisation 1909

Residence after the war Adelaide

WWII served 1942-1945 1 Bn VDC

Died 31.08.1961 at Springbank, SA, buried at Centennial Park Cemetery, Pasadena, SA

Materials digitised naturalisation (NAA)

digitised WWI service records (NAA)

WWII service records (NAA)

Information from Alona Tester, great granddaughter

From Alona Tester's letter:

"Otto spent the last few years of his life at the T.P.I. (Total & Permanently Incapacitated) place for Ex-Servicemen and Women. He suffered mustard gas poisoning during the war, and it affected him later in life".

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