Ottalie Josephine Ohlsen (1883–1945)
Mrs. Ottilie Amanda Josephine Ohlsen (62), of Goulburn St., Hobart, was fatally injured when a car driven by her son, Waldemar Adolf Ohlsen, got out of control on the Midlands Highway a mile north of Cleveland town ship yesterday morning and over turned.
It is thought that the accident was caused, by the breaking of the knee-action mechanism of the car, which fell to the road.
The accident occurred about 8 a.m. The car travelled 46 yards after the mechanism failed, then veered to the left, hit a bank, turned over, came back on to the bitumen and travelled for another 40 to 50 feet, turned, and came to rest on its hood. Mrs. Ohlsen was taken to Campbell Town Hospital, but was dead on arrival.
Other passengers in the car, Gustave Adolf Ohlsen and Velma Muria Hyatt, both of Hobart, were not injured.
Original publication
Additional Resources and Scholarship
- Alien record, item NAA: A401, OHLSEN N (National Archives of Australia)
Related Entries in NCB Sites
- Ohlsen, Gustav Adolph (husband)
- Green, Lena Josephine (daughter)
- Ohlsen, Waldemar Adolf (son)
- Ohlsen, Eric Gustav (son)
- Koerbin, Josephine Ann (mother)
- Koerbin, Otto Gustave (father)
- Moore, Ernestine Louisa (sister)
- Koerbin, Minna Rose (sister)
- Chappell, Charlottie Elsie (sister)
- Koerbin, Violet Johannan (sister)
- Koerbin, Florence (sister)
- Phillips, Marion Elizabeth (sister)
- Koerbin, Otto Wesley (brother)
- Koerbin, Dorothy Eileen (sister-in-law)
- Koerbin, Winifrid Eileen (sister-in-law)
- Moore, Francis John (brother-in-law)
- Koerbin, Albert Adolph (grandfather)
- Padman, Wesley Cawston (grandfather)
- Koerbin, Wesley Jack (nephew)
- Koerbin, Kenneth Henry (nephew)
Citation details
'Ohlsen, Ottalie Josephine (1883–1945)', Obituaries Australia, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, https://oa.anu.edu.au/obituary/ohlsen-ottalie-josephine-21426/text31751, accessed 11 July 2026.
Life Summary [details]
Alternative Names
- Koerbin, Ottalie Josephine
Birth
2 April,
1883
Hobart,
Tasmania,
Australia
Death
11 November,
1945
(aged 62)
Tasmania,
Australia
Cause of Death
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