Place of birth | Prospect, Adelaide, South Australia |
School | North Adelaide Public School, South Australia |
Other training | University College, North Adelaide, South Australia |
Religion | Baptist |
Occupation | Bank official |
Address | Prospect, South Australia |
Marital status | Married |
Age at embarkation | 27 |
Next of kin | Wife, Mrs Ethel Rose Botten, Box 7, Melrose, South Australia |
Previous military service | Nil |
Enlistment date | |
Rank on enlistment | 2nd Lieutenant |
Unit name | 27th Battalion, 15th Reinforcement |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/44/4 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A68 Anchises on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Lieutenant |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 27th Battalion |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Place of death or wounding | Warlencourt, Somme sector, France |
Date of death | |
Age at death | 28.5 |
Age at death from cemetery records | 28 |
Place of burial | Warlencourt British Cemetery (Plot VI, Row H, Grave No. 34), France |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 109 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: Robert and Ann Jane BOTTEN; Wife: Ethel Rose BOTTEN, 'Dimora', Kensington Road, Leabrook, South Australia. Native of Adelaide, South Australia |
Family/military connections | Brother: 7958 Pte Frank Dyas BOTTEN MM, 4th Field Ambulance, returned to Australia, 27 May 1919. |
Other details |
War service: Western Front Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal |