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Joseph Charles BOTTOM

Regimental number1344
Place of birthCooma, New South Wales
SchoolCooma Public School, New South Wales
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationCanvasser
AddressCooma, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation26
Next of kinMother, Mrs M C Bottom, Cooma, New South Wales
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date31 August 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name30th Battalion, A Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/47/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A72 Beltana on 9 November 1915
Rank from Nominal RollCorporal
Unit from Nominal Roll14th Field Artillery Brigade
FateKilled in Action 8 August 1918
Place of death or woundingFrance
Age at death29
Age at death from cemetery records29
Place of burialAdelaide 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 connectionsBrothers: 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

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