Harold Oddy

~Harold Frederick Vincent & Alma May Oddy~

Land 1838 to 1966

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Acres - All property details as per Chas Oddy.

Harold was to farm the family property for many years and sold it to Mr George Lubke of Tumut, prior to the building of the Blowering Dam.

MARRIAGE

In 1941 Mr Harold Frederick Vincent ODDY, married Miss Alma May EMERY, in Tumut, NSW - (Ref NSW BDM 5452)

CHILDREN

Robert

Gary

Maree

The three children all went to school in Tumut - (by bus,mainly owned by Mr Dick Spencer and later Mr Tom Harris).

WW2 Army Sevice

Name ODDY, HAROLD FREDERICK VINCENT

Service Australian Army

Service Number N382660

Date of Birth 14 Dec 1917

Place of Birth TUMUT, NSW

Date of Enlistment 26 Apr 1941

Locality on Enlistment TUMUT, NSW

Place of Enlistment TUMUT, NSW

Next of Kin ODDY, ALMA

Date of Discharge 24 Dec 1943

Rank Private

Posting at Discharge 18 BATTALION VOLUNTEER DEFENCE CORPS PART TIME DUTY

WW2 Honours and Gallantry None for display

Prisoner of War No

"Wom’s” 100th birthday celebration

By

Frances Vinall - September 26, 2017 Human Interest, - (Ref- The Tumut and Adelong Times Post)

Longtime Tumut resident Harold ‘Wom’ Oddy has, as of Saturday, lived 100 years on this Earth.

For much of that time he could be found digging around in his Fitzroy Street garden, where many a Tumut local came calling for a bag of his famed home-grown tomatoes.

Last weekend family travelled from Queensland, Sydney, Albury and elsewhere to celebrate the patriarch’s centenary with a bash at the Golf Club.

Plenty of Tumut faces could also be seen, coming together for a man who has been a part of many local lives.

One of Wom’s granddaughter’s, Leanne Biilmann, created a bespoke gardening-themed cake, while another granddaughter, Leisa Gustafson, shared some of her childhood memories of her pop.

“We have so many fond memories of going to visit you in your house: climbing the big tree and waving to people as they passed in Fitzroy Street, and more often than not they’d come in to purchase something from the garden,” she said.

“We used to bag up your tomatoes and cucumbers – and eat them like apples, I remember, always with plenty of salt! And we always knew where your stash of Tim Tams were. Good memories, and I’m sure you have plenty of those over 100 years.”

Wom was born in Blowering in 1917.

He worked in a number of jobs away from Tumut as an adult, before moving back to the family farm, eventually transitioning into his Fitzroy Street home.

Many would know him from his time as captaining the cricket team, and he is currently a resident at Bupa.

This report is submitted in good faith. All endeavours have been made to make all entries authentic and correct. For any corrections and additional valuable information, maps and photos you may have please contact John

ToFrederick Oddy