Arthur John HOTHAM

HOTHAM, Arthur John

Service Number: 1690
Enlisted: Not yet discovered
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 22nd Infantry Battalion
Born: Bunyip, Gippsland, Vic., 1895
Home Town: Nagambie, Strathbogie, Victoria
Schooling: Melbourne C of E Grammar School
Occupation: Bank Clerk
Died: Died of wounds, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 13 September 1915
Cemetery: Beach Cemetery - ANZAC Cove
II E 22, Beach Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Castlemaine Christ Church Anglican Church Memorial Window, Kyabram & District R.S.S. & A.I.L.A. Honour Roll, Kyabram School Roll of Honor WW1, Kyabram St. Andrew's Church of England Great European War Roll of Honour , MCC Roll of Honour 1914 - 1918 - Melbourne Cricket Club, Nagambie St John's Anglican Church WW1 Honour Roll, Nagambie War Memorial
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World War 1 Service

16 Jul 1915: Involvement Private, 1690, 22nd Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Demosthenes embarkation_ship_number: A64 public_note: ''
16 Jul 1915: Embarked Private, 1690, 22nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Demosthenes, Melbourne

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Biography contributed by Sharyn Roberts

JOHN HOTHAM who died on 17th September 1915 from wounds received at Anzac was the son of Mr. R. A. Hotham of Nagambie. He was born in 1895 and entered the School in 1910. He was a popular boy and a good athlete. He was in the football team in 1912 and 1913 and passed the junior Public Examination at the end of 1913, when he left.

On enlistment he joined the 22nd Battalion and took part in the fighting on Gallipoli. He was only eight days in the trenches before
he was shot. He was on sentry duty and standing safely, as was thought, beihind a parapet of the trench when a bullet passed through a sand-bag and struck him in the head. He was taken at once on a stretcher to the dressing hospital on the beach, but did not regain consciousness, and died about one hour after being hit.


His comrades erected a wooden cross over his grave in the cemetery, where so many of our brave boys lie, with his name, company, etc., and age painted on it. In a letter received from the Captain of Jack's company the former stated that he had already marked Jack out for promotion owing to his attention to his duties.

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