In Memory Of

OEHLEY, CHARLES EDWARD

Service Details
Age:
 28
Date of Birth:
 1913-03-10
Rank:
 Lieutenant
Unit:
 H.M.S. Fiona
Regiment:
 Royal Naval Reserve
Date of Death:
 1941-04-18
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, when Fiona was bombed by German aircraft off Sidi Barrani
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 Panel 60, Column 1.
Cemetery:
 PLYMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL
Localitly:
 Devon
Country:
 United Kingdom
Additional Information
Decorations:
 Mentioned in Despatches, Royal Humane Society Honorary Testimonial
Citations:
 MID LG Sup 29 July 1941 pg. 4370. Royal Humane Society Honorary Testimonial 1926 "for saving life in a shark-infested sea off Mauritius"
Son of Oliver Charles and Mabelle Oehley, of Somerset East, Cape Province, South Africa. Awarded the Howard Prize, Royal Met. Society, 1929. Born Somerset East. Educated at Gill College, Somerset East. After Bothie apprenticed to Bullard King Line. In 1926, awarded the Royal Humane Society Honorary Testimonial for saving life in the shark-infested seas of Mauritius. Ex-Cadet of the South African Training Ship General Botha