13. Charles Robert Fortescue Temperley 1910 [1697]

PARENT 12. Norman Temperley 1879 [1553]

Charles Robert Fortescue Temperley

CHARLES ROBERT FORTESCUE TEMPERLEY was born in Perth, Western Australia in 1911 (45)

He married MARGARET CLAIRE BRISBANE in about 1941. Margaet was born in Perth in 1914 (1628).

Margaret died at Mosman Park, Western Australia on the 5 December 1972, aged 58. She was cremated at Karrakatta Cemetery and the ashes interred in a family grave there- Presbyterian CC 0341.

Charles died at Cottlesloe, Western Australia on the 12 January 1998, aged 87. He was also cremated at Karrakatta cmetery and interred in the family grave- Presbyterian CC 0341.

Western Mail Newspaper, Western Australia - Thursday 13 November 1941

SERGEANT C. R. F. TEMPERLE Y, M. M.

"WX2092 Sergeant Charles

Robert Fortescue Ternperley, artillery, as No. 1 of a French . 75m.m. in action at Melami, Canea, Crete, from May 22 until May 25, 1941, showed keen judgment and coolness in maintaining his gun in action, and when the enemy penetrated our line he successfully evacuated his detachment under heavy mortar and automatic fire, first destroying his gun in accordance with orders given" So reads the official citation telling how Sergeant Temperley formerly of Carnarvon, won his Military Medal. lt is probable that Sergeant Ternperley, who was made an N.C.O. while completing training with his battery in England, has received a commission as he recently finished an officers' training course. In his letters home ; Sergeant Ternperley has made few detailed references of his experi- ences in the campaigns of Greece and Crete. He did, however, mention that in Greece they started fighting insnow and did not stop until they reached the beaches, where they had to destroy their guns. In a letter from Crete before the tranquillity of the island was disturbed he described the beauty of the country, but in subsequent letters he made little mention of the fighting, although he told how he had hurt his shin scrambling down a cliff. Sergeant Ternperley was evacuated on the last Official ship to leave Crete. As seems to be a rule in most cases of gallantry, Sergeant Ternperley did not know of his decoration until he read of it in a newspaper. Prior to enlistment, Sergeant Ternperley, who is the son of Mr. Norman Ternperley, of Perth, was the manager-overseer of a station . at Carnarvon for four years. Sergeant Ternperley has been overseas for 18 months and enlisted in a light horse regiment, but obtained a transfer tb an artillery unit shortly before they left Australia. He was married to Miss Margaret Brisbane only a few days before he embarked. Because of breaking his ankle doing a broad jump at a sports meeting in the Middle East, Sergeant Ternperley nearly missed the Greece and Crete campaigns, rejoining his battery only two weeks before they went to Greece. Sergeant Ternperley, who is 30 years old, received his secondrry education at St. Peter's College (Adelaide) and represented that school in the rowing eight.