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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

Commonwealth War Graves Commission
  • 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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Buried or commemorated at

MADRAS WAR CEMETERY, CHENNAI
India
Number of casualties: 860
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