Regimental number | 309 |
Place of birth | Skene's Creek, Apollo Bay, Victoria |
School | Essendon State School, Victoria |
Other training | Electrician |
Religion | Methodist |
Occupation | Instrument maker |
Address | 73 Salisbury Street, Moonee Ponds, Victoria |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 20 |
Next of kin | Mother, Mrs Elizabeth Mott, 73 Salisbury Street, Moonee Ponds, Victoria |
Previous military service | Served in the cadets, Moonee Ponds, and 34th Company, Engineers, Citizen Military Forces. |
Enlistment date | |
Rank on enlistment | Sergeant |
Unit name | Australian Flying Corps, No 1 Squadron, C Flight |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 8/4/1 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A67 Orsova on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Lieutenant |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 67th Squadron, Australian Flying Corps |
Other details from Roll of Honour Circular | Aeroplane fell into sea. 1916 - Erected several wireless stations in Egypt, was Wireless Equipment officer, etc. Was torpedoed in Transylvania, 4 hours in water, saved 4 lives. Loaned to RFC to become scout pilot, completing final text at Montrose, machine dived into sea, could not be found. |
Fate | Drowned |
Place of death or wounding | Montrose, Scotland |
Age at death | 22 |
Age at death from cemetery records | 22 |
Place of burial | Montrose (Sleepyhillock) Cemetery (Row A7, Grave No. 33), Scotland |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 188 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Commemorated on East Essendon Methodist Church Roll of Honour ('For God and Country'), Victoria. Parents: George and Elizabeth MOTT, 73 Salisbury Street, Moonee Ponds, Melbourne. Native of Sken's Creek, Apollo Bay, Victoria |
Family/military connections | LT COL J E Mott, MC who was the first Aust officer to escape from Germany. Taken prisoner while partly paralysed at Bullecourt, April 11. |