Owen Melhado

Second Lieutenant Owen Sterling Melhado was an officer of the British Army who died during the First World War.
He was born on 3 June 1892,Jewish Residents since 1800, website.lineone.net. Retrieved 25 January 2015. in Old Harbour, Jamaica, the son of Reginald Henriques and Irene Melhado (née Dolphy). His family had a number of business interests, being engaged in importation and exportation, such as logwood, and the production of dye.Randle, Ian (2006), The Island of One People: An Account of the History of the Jews of Jamaica, p. 55. Melhado attended Camperdown School before continuing his studies at Bath College and Geneva. He entered Sandhurst in 1910, but left to return to Jamaica,The Handbook of Jamaica for 1919, p. 655. and worked in the business department of the Boston Herald.Boston Evening Transcript, 24 December 1915.
After the outbreak of war in 1914, Melhado went to England and enlisted in the army. He was commissioned on 10 February 1915, in the 11th Battalion, Alexandra, Princess of Wales's Own Yorkshire Regiment. He was attached to his regiment's 5th Battalion in September, and joined it at Suvla Bay, Gallipoli.Yorkshire Regiment Officers Who Died in the First World War (PDF), ww1-yorkshires.org.uk. Retrieved 25 January 2015. He suffered gunshot wounds on 19 November. Evacuated to Malta, Melhado succumbed to his wounds on 7 December, at Cottonera Hospital. He was posthumously mentioned in despatches.
He is buried in Marsa Jewish Cemetery.
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*Melhado, Owen Stirling, cwgc.org. Retrieved 25 January 2015.
Category:1892 births
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