Regimental number | 7199 |
Place of birth | Echuca, Victoria |
School | State School, Echuca, Victoria |
Religion | Church of England |
Occupation | Grocer |
Address | Armadale, Victoria |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 38 |
Next of kin | Mother, Mrs M J Bottomley, Aintree Road, East Malvern, Victoria |
Previous military service | Served in School Cadets and in the Victorian Rangers, Citizen Military Forces, Echuca, Victoria. |
Enlistment date | |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 5th Battalion, 24th Reinforcement |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/22/4 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A70 Ballarat on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Private |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 21st Battalion |
Other details from Roll of Honour Circular | Was on board the 'Ballarat' when it was torpedoed, 25 April 1917. Wounded at Passchendaele, Belgium, 4 October 1917; returned to France, 4 February 1918. |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Place of death or wounding | Mont St Quentin, France |
Date of death | |
Age at death | 39 |
Age at death from cemetery records | 39 |
Place of burial | Peronne Communal Cemetery Extension (Plot III, Row C, Grave No. 1), France |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 93 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Commemorated in Echuca Cemetery, Victoria. Headstone inscription reads: 'He died the noblest death a man can die, Fighting for God, and Right, and Liberty.' Parents: Mary Jane (d. 6 May 1940; bu. Echuca)and the late John BOTTOMLEY (b. Stalybridge, Cheshire, England; d. 6 September 1992, aged 61; bu. Echuca), 60 Aintree Road, East Malvern, Victoria |
Other details |
War service: Western Front Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal |