OTWAY, Charles Henry
| Service Number: | 2238 |
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| Enlisted: | 8 November 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | Imperial Camel Corps |
| Born: | Beverley, Western Australia, 1896 |
| Home Town: | Beverley, Beverley, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Miami, Western Australia, 6 March 1970, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Karrakatta Cemetery & Crematorium, Western Australia Roman Catholic, Lawn 7, Gravesite 0439 |
| Memorials: | Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Beverley District Honour Roll WW1, Beverley War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 8 Nov 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2238, 10th Light Horse Regiment | |
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| 1 Apr 1916: | Involvement Private, 2238, 10th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: '' | |
| 1 Apr 1916: | Embarked Private, 2238, 10th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Ulysses, Fremantle | |
| 19 Apr 1917: | Imprisoned Egypt and Palestine - Light Horse and AFC Operations, Charles’ Red Cross File states that he was missing 19 April 1917 and was listed as a Prisoner of War. He was interned in Damascus in hospital. In his statement of treatment he states he was stripped by Turks and left lying till next day, then taken to hospital Tel el Sharia, not dressed for six days. Food twice a day very poor. Treatment by the Turks in hospital not too good, I had the same treatment as the Turkish soldiers. After discharge treatment very rough, worked under a German company at Belemedik drill in tunnels. Treatment good but worked ten hours a day. He was expatriated from Turkey on 27 November 1918. | |
| 25 Dec 1918: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2238, Imperial Camel Corps , ex Egypt per HT Somali | |
| 6 Mar 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2238, Imperial Camel Corps |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
Jack was the fourth of nine children of William Thomas Otway (b1862 in Dale River, WA) and Susannah Ann Willey (b1872 in Spring Valley, Beverley, WA). William (a Farmer) and Susannah married in 1891 in Beverley WA where they settled and raised their children. Susannah died in 1906, one month after the birth of her ninth child.
Jack was a Labourer in West Dale, Beverley WA when he enlisted in the AIF in November 1915. He served as a Private (Service No:2238) with 10th Light Horse Regiment 15th Reinforcements and was attached to 1st Anzac Battalion Imperial Camel Corps when he was engaged in an attack on a Turkish position right of Gaza on 19 April 1917. Jack was WiA (GSH both legs and right hand) and cut off. He was taken PoW and 'stripped by the Turks and left lying until the next day' (National Archives Australia) and then taken to Hospital at Tel-el-Shara. Jack then worked under a German Company at Belemedik, working ten hour days digging tunnels. Repatriated in Turkey on 21 November 1918, Jack returned to Australia in December 1918 and was Discharged in March 1919.
In 1921 Jack was a Farmer in Cunderdin WA when he married Mary (Molly) Veronica Green (b1896 in Stawell, Victoria) - Molly's family had moved to WA by 1900. Jack and Molly lived in Cunderdin WA until the late 1920s and Jack was a Farmer. By 1931 Jack was a Contractor in Merredin where the family lived until the late 1940s. Jack and Molly moved to Bakers Hill in Northam, WA and then Maida Vale, WA where Jack was a Farmer before retiring to Perth WA in the early 1960s. Molly died in 1969 and Jack in 1970.
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