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Arthur Hulme GOTT

Regimental number360
Date of birth--/09/1879
Place of birthSwellendan, Cape Province, South Africa
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationClerk
Address17 Castle Street, Capetown, South Africa
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation35
Height5' 7.5"
Weight168 lbs
Next of kin'de facto' wife, Miss Ernestine LaSueur c/- Mr H.D.Longden, 32 Byron Street, Moonee Ponds, Victoria
Previous military serviceMounted Infantry Bechuanaland Field Force, 1897; South African Constabulary
Enlistment date6 October 1914
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll5 October 1914
Place of enlistmentMelbourne, Victoria
Rank on enlistmentSquadron Quartermaster Sergaent
Unit name9th Light Horse Regiment, C Squadron
AWM Embarkation Roll number10/14/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A10 Karroo on 11 February 1915
Rank from Nominal RollQuartermaster Sergeant
Unit from Nominal Roll9th Light Horse Regiment
FateDied of disease 26 August 1915
Place of death or woundingEgypt
Place of burialChatby War Memorial Cemetery (Row H, Grave No. 160), Egypt
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
7
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Proceeded to join Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, Gallipoli, 16 May 1915.

Admitted to HS 'Gascon', 30 July 1915 (diarrhoea); admitted to 21st General Hospital, Alexandria, 2 August 1915 (enteric); reported dangerously ill, 3 August 1915.

Died of disease, 26 August 1915 (dysentery); bureid, 27 August 1915.

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Age at death35
SourcesNAA: B2455, GOTT Arthur Hulme

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