Regimental number | 4900 |
Place of birth | Cooma, New South Wales |
School | Public and Grammar Schools |
Religion | Church of England |
Occupation | Clerk |
Address | Flinders Street, Townsville, Queensland |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 28 |
Next of kin | Mother, Mrs C Bottom, Bradley Street, Cooma, New South Wales |
Previous military service | Nil |
Enlistment date | |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 15th Battalion, 15th Reinforcement |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/32/2 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Brisbane, Queensland, on board HMAT A73 Commonwealth on |
Regimental number from Nominal Roll | Commissioned |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Lieutenant |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 15th Battalion |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Place of death or wounding | France |
Age at death | 31 |
Age at death from cemetery records | 30 |
Place of burial | Villers Bretonneux Military Cemetery (Plot II, Row C, Grave No. 8), Fouilloy, France |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 77 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Commemorated in St Paul's Anglican Church, Cooma, New South Wales. Parents: William and Catherine BOTTOM, Bradley Street, Cooma, New South Wales |
Family/military connections | Brothers: 1344 Corporal Joseph Charles BOTTOM, 14th Field Artillery Brigade, killed in action, 8 August 1918; 168 Corporal Leslie Francis BOTTOM, 1st Bn, returned to Australia, 24 September 1918. |
Other details |
Changed surname by deed poll to SPECER from BOTTOM prior to enlisting. War service: Western Front Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal |