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Chief Officer CHARLES HARRY OTTERSON

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Merchant Navy

S.S. Jalabala (Bombay)

Date of Death

Died 11 October 1943

Age 53 years old

Buried or commemorated at

MADRAS WAR CEMETERY, CHENNAI

9. F. 18.

India

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Reserve Decoration (Naval)
  • Additional Info Son of Harry Otterson, and of Octavia Otterson (nee Turton), of Wellington City, New Zealand. Formerly Lieut. Comdr. R.N.R., 1914-18 War.
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MADRAS WAR CEMETERY, CHENNAI
India
Number of casualties: 860
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