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| Henry William COTTAM (1880 - 1960) |
| Children | Self + Spouses | Parents | Grandparents | Greatgrandparents |
| Henry William COTTAM (1880 - 1960) + Effie Rose CHRISTIAN (1884 - 1942) Annie CHRISTIAN (1886 - ) |
Henry George COTTAM (1844 - 1926) | Ralph COTTAM (1819 - 1880) | ||
| Eliza Elizabeth PENNINGTON (1817 - 1880) | ||||
| Elizabeth Sarah FIFIELD (1860 - 1913) | ||||
| b. 09 May 1880 at Adelong, New South Wales, Australia |
| m. (1) 1914 Effie Rose CHRISTIAN (1884 - 1942) at Adelong, New South Wales, Australia |
| m. (2) 1944 Annie CHRISTIAN (1886 - ) at Auburn, New South Wales, Australia |
| d. 1960 at Sydney, New South Wales, Australia aged 80 |
| Parents: |
| Henry George COTTAM (1844 - 1926) |
| Elizabeth Sarah FIFIELD (1860 - 1913) |
| Events in Henry William COTTAM (1880 - 1960)'s life | |||||
| Date | Age | Event | Place | Notes | Src |
| 09 May 1880 | Henry William COTTAM was born | Adelong, New South Wales, Australia | 24 | ||
| 1913 | 33 | Death of mother Elizabeth Sarah FIFIELD (aged 53) | 24 | ||
| 1914 | 34 | Married Effie Rose CHRISTIAN (aged 30) | Adelong, New South Wales, Australia | 24 | |
| 1926 | 46 | Death of father Henry George COTTAM (aged 82) | Tumut, New South Wales, Australia | 15500/1926 | 24 |
| 1942 | 62 | Death of wife Effie Rose CHRISTIAN (aged 58) | Marrickville, Sydney, Australia | 24 | |
| 1944 | 64 | Married Annie CHRISTIAN (aged 58) | Auburn, New South Wales, Australia | 24 | |
| 1960 | 80 | Henry William COTTAM died | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia | 24 | |
| Personal Notes: |
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Henry William Cottam was the second eldest of 13 children. His parents were Henry George Cottam (1844-1926) and Elizabeth Sarah Fifield (1860-1913). He was born on the 9 May 1880 in Adelong. He put his age down to serve in WW2. He joined at age 62 and served from the 13 June 1942 to the 30 September 1945. He served part time in the 21 BATTALION VOLUNTEER DEFENCE CORPS PART TIME DUTY (Service number N394225). His NOK was his son Wilbur. Following his first wife’s death he married her sister Annie Christian see below. Henry died in 1960 in Sydney.
His siblings include George Cottam (1878-1962), Eliza Ann Cottam (1882-1973), Martha Hanna Cottam (1886-?), Charlotte H Cottam (1888-1936), Ada Mary Cottam (1890-?), Samuel John Cottam (1893-1960), Charles E Cottam (1895-?), Annie Eva Cottam (1898-1899), Frederick K Cottam (1900-1902), Seth Welham Cottam (1901-?), Doris Muriel (1904-?). Henry’s brother Charles Edward Cottam (service number 6419 WW1 and N202342 WW2) was in the same battalion as Patrick Glasscock mentioned previously and joined a month earlier. |
| Source References: |
| 24. Type: Gedcom File, Abbr: Glasscock Register report, Title: Glasscock Register report, Auth: Philip Glasscock, Date: 6 Apr 2009, Locn: E-mail attachment |
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