OTWAY, Robert Henry
| Service Number: | 52235 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | Royal Australian Army Medical Corps (post WW2) |
| Born: | Subiaco, Perth, Western Australia , 30 September 1928 |
| Home Town: | Perth, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Perth, Western Australia, 29 September 2012, aged 83 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Guildford Cemetery, Western Australia |
| Memorials: |
Korean War Service
| 28 Sep 1950: | Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Corporal, 52235 | |
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| 31 Aug 1951: | Discharged Australian Army (Post WW2), Corporal, 52235, Royal Australian Army Medical Corps (post WW2) |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
Bob was born in 1928, the sixth of nine children of Edward (Ted) Albert Otway (b1900 in Beverley WA) and Florence Pettit (b1898 in York WA). Ted (a Farm Hand) and Florence married Beverley WA in 1922, following Ted's return from WWI (Private; Service No:52092). The family lived in Beverley, York and Northam where Ted worked as a Farm Hand, Farmer, Farm Manager, PMG Linesman and Labourer. Ted served in WWII (Private; Service Nos:WX39271/W26485) and later moved to Carnarvon WA where he worked on Babbage Island.
In September 1950 Bob enlisted in the Australian Army (Service No:52235) and served in Korea with the Royal Australian Army Medical Corps. He was a Corporal at the end of the Korean War in August 1951, having served 338 days. Bob remained in the Army until retirement, and was based at Swanbourne Militray Camp in 1953 when he married Audrey Ronita Graetz (nee Kane; b1934 in Perth WA). Bob and Audrey separated in the 1960s and Bob settled in Bayswater, Perth WA and remained a Soldier. Audrey remarried and died in 1994. Bob died in 2012.