Charles OCHILTREE

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Service Number:	573
Enlisted:	24 November 1914, Enlisted at Holsworthy, NSW
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	7th Light Horse Regiment
Born:	Newcastle Upon Tyne, England, January 1894
Home Town:	Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Blacksmith
Memorials:	Hamilton War Memorial, Wallsend Soldier's Memorial

24 Nov 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Shoeing-Smith, 573, 7th Light Horse Regiment, Enlisted at Holsworthy, NSW
19 Dec 1914:	Involvement 573, 7th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ajana embarkation_ship_number: A31 public_note: ''
19 Dec 1914:	Embarked 573, 7th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Ajana, Sydney
24 Feb 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Corporal, 573, 7th Light Horse Regiment, Discharged at the 2nd Military District

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Son of John Ochiltree od Hunter Street, Newcastle, NSW and Mrs Ochiltree, Falconer Villa, Shankhouse, Cramlington, England.

Served a five year blacksmith apprenticeship with J. Hope of Belsay, Northumberland

Commenced return to Australia on 15 November 1918 aboard HT Port Darwin disembarking on 22 December 1918 at Melbourne for onward travel to Sydney

Medala: 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

During 1921c Charles married Elizabeth Jobson in Waratah, NSW