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Hugh Joseph BOTTLE

Regimental number2575
Place of birthBacchus Marsh, Victoria
SchoolConvent Catholic School, Bacchus Marsh, Victoria
ReligionRoman Catholic
OccupationEngine driver
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation24
Next of kinSister, Mary Bottle c/o M Love, Bacchus Marsh, Victoria
Enlistment date10 July 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name21st Battalion, 6th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/38/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board RMS Moldavia on 5 October 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll21st Battalion
FateKilled in Action 6 December 1916
Place of death or woundingFlers, France
Date of death21 November 1916
Age at death25
Age at death from cemetery records25
Place of burialCabaret Rouge British Cemetery (Plot XXVIII, Row D, Grave No. 19), Souchez, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
93
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Joseph Henry and Susan BOTTLE. Born at Bacchus Marsh, Victoria
Family/military connectionsCousin: 6711 Pte Henry Charles BOTTLE, 5th Bn, killed in action, Menin Road, Ypres, Belgium, 20 September 1917.
Other details

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

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