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Sergeant Otto Lowenstern

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PERSONAL INFORMATION

Date of birth: 1888-12-07
Place of birth: Victoria Australia
Next of kin: Isaac Lowenstern, father. Kambrook Road, Victoria, Australia
Marital status: single
Occupation (attested): Commercial Traveller
Occupation (normalized): Commercial Traveller
Religion: Presbyterian
Date of death: 1917-12-01
Cause of death: Killed in action
Buried: Vimy Memorial, N/A

MILITARY INFORMATION

Regimental number: 2908
Highest Rank: Sergeant
Rank detail

Sergeant (Army).

Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: no

RESEARCH INFORMATION

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CWGC ID: 1570700
LAC ID: 538150
Attestation record(s): image 1, image 2
Service file: B5770-S045
Uploader's Notes:

Son of Isaac Lowenstern of 104 Darling Road, East Malvern, Victoria, Australia.

R.T. Elliott, K.C., of Victoria, B.C., was the founder of Elliott's Horse - a free-lance cavalry unit, composed almost entirely of seasoned veterans, raised in Victoria in the early days of the Great War [1914].

Elliott's Horse was composed of 5 officers and 78 men. The unit departed Victoria on Oct. 23 for Vancouver, then travelled across Canada by train to Montreal, arriving Oct. 29, where they boarded SS Letitia on Oct. 31 bound for Glasgow, Sct. Arriving there Nov. 9 they then travelled to London. On Nov. 17 the unit entrained for Salisbury Plain where they were welcomed by the Royal Canadian Dragoons and Lord Strathcona’s Horse.

Lowenstern's previous record of service: Australian M.I., Queen's South Africa Medal.

Uploader's Research notes: [Sergeant Army Canadian Cavalry Lord Strathcona's Horse (Royal Canadians) ]

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Date added: 2004-09-04
Last modified: 2021-05-16