Carter, Otway Vernon (1895–1967)
Leading Wimmera historian, Mr Otway Vernon Carter, 71, died at Horsham on Saturday.
A former grazier at Laharum, south of Horsham, Mr. Carter was a foundation member of Horsham Historical Society.
He recently published a booklet on the on the late Walter Zumstein, a pioneer who established Wartook in the Grampians as a tourist centre.
Mr. Carter who served with the 29th Battalion of the 1st AIF was a prisoner of war of the Germans.
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Additional Resources
- Trove search
- World War I service record, B2455, item Carter O V (National Archives of Australia)
Related Entries in NCB Sites
- Carter, Rebecca (mother)
- Carter, Samuel Charles (father)
- Southcott, Marie Robertson (sister)
- Carter, Alan Victor (brother)
- Southcott, Horace (brother-in-law)
- Carter, Mary Alice (aunt)
- Sutherland, Thomasina Mary (aunt)
- Carter, Florence (aunt)
- Carter, George James (uncle)
- Sutherland, Peter Alexander (uncle by marriage)
- Carter, Elizabeth (grandmother)
- Carter, John Charles (grandfather)
- Sutherland, John James (cousin)
- Carter, Robert Arthur (cousin)
- Sutherland, Lisle Ben (cousin)
Citation details
'Carter, Otway Vernon (1895–1967)', Obituaries Australia, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, https://oa.anu.edu.au/obituary/carter-otway-vernon-15405/text26612, accessed 29 March 2023.
Life Summary [details]
Birth
10 April,
1895
Wartook, Victoria, Australia
Death
25 November,
1967
(aged 72)
Horsham, Victoria, Australia