Regimental number | 1344 |
Place of birth | Cooma, New South Wales |
School | Cooma Public School, New South Wales |
Religion | Church of England |
Occupation | Canvasser |
Address | Cooma, New South Wales |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 26 |
Next of kin | Mother, Mrs M C Bottom, Cooma, New South Wales |
Previous military service | Nil |
Enlistment date | |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 30th Battalion, A Company |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/47/1 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A72 Beltana on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Corporal |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 14th Field Artillery Brigade |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Place of death or wounding | France |
Age at death | 29 |
Age at death from cemetery records | 29 |
Place of burial | Adelaide Cemetery (Plot III, Row L. Grave No. 8), Villers-Bretonneux, France |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 18 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Commemorated in St Paul's Anglican Church, Cooma, New South Wales. Parents: William and Catherine BOTTOM, Cooma, New South Wales |
Family/military connections | Brothers: 168 Corporal Leslie Francis BOTTOM, 1st Bn, returned to Australia, 24 September 1918; [4900] Lt William James SPENCER, 15th Bn, killed in action, 4 July 1918. |
Other details |
War service: Egypt, Western Front Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal |