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SCHULZE, Otto Alfred
| Service Number: | 349 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Trooper |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Light Horse Regiment |
| Born: | Blyth, 1882 |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Loco Fireman |
| Died: | 1958, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Centennial Park Cemetery, South Australia |
| Memorials: | Adelaide South Australian Railways WW1 & WW2 Honour Boards, Port Pirie I.O.O.F. FLT Ceres Lodge No 35 Roll of Honor |
World War 1 Service
| 22 Oct 1914: | Involvement Private, 349, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Lincoln embarkation_ship_number: A17 public_note: '' | |
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| 22 Oct 1914: | Embarked Private, 349, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Port Lincoln, Adelaide | |
| 11 Nov 1918: | Involvement Trooper, 349 |
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Otto was born in Blyth, SA in 1882 and was one of 11 children. He worked in the railways before enlisting for service in 3LHR on 24 August 1914. He embarked on HMAT Port Lincoln A17 on 22 October 1914 and he landed with his unit on Gallipoli on 12 May 1915 without their horses. The 3LHR played a defensive role throughout the campaign and during the August offensive. He and his unit left Gallipoli on 14 December 1915. Back in Egypt the 3LHR was then engaged in operations along the Nile and defending the Suez Canal.
Subsequently 3LHR was involved in the battle of Romani, in Palestine and Sinai, Gaza, Beersheba and Jaffa and was present when Turkey surrendered on 30 October 1918. The 3LHR sailed for Australia on 16 March 1919 without their horses. Otto was wounded in action (WIA) but returned to the railways to become the train driver of the Melbourne Express.
He died in 1958 making his wife, Maude, a War and Legacy Widow. The colour patch of the 3LHR was black and white so there was no question that he and his family would barrack for Port Adelaide which his children still follow religiously today.
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