WORTABET, John Cecil
| Service Number: | 1625 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 9th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Nikosin, Cyprus, 1 November 1886 |
| Home Town: | Winton, Winton, Queensland |
| Schooling: | The High School, Glasgow, Scotland |
| Occupation: | Station Hand |
| Died: | Died of wounds, Gallipoli, 14 May 1915, aged 28 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Panel 32 Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing, Winton War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 13 Feb 1915: | Involvement Private, 1625, 9th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Seang Choon embarkation_ship_number: A49 public_note: '' | |
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| 13 Feb 1915: | Embarked Private, 1625, 9th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Seang Choon, Brisbane |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Roderick Besier
John Cecil Wortabet, Private No. 1625, 9th Battn, 3rd Brigade, Australian Imperial Force, only son of Emin Whiting Wortabet of Babbacombe, Torquay, Co., Devon, formerly an Official of the Imperial Ottoman Bank, by his wife, Emma Elizabeth (Marie), dau.of Michael Constantinidi of Liverpool and Nicosia Cyprus, and grandson of the Late Dr. John Wortabet. b. Nicosia,Cyprus 1November 1886; educ.The High School Glasgow and Bath College, and on leaving there in 1904 joined the Cairo Branch Imperial Ottoman Bank, but in 1909 went to Australia and settled in Queensland as an Assistant in a Station; volunteered for Imperial Service on the outbreak of war and joined the 9th Battn; left for Egypt with the third reinforcements, 13th February 1915; went to the Dardanelles, 29th April 1915 and died on the Hospital, Ship Gascon, 14th May following, of wounds received in action at Gaba Tepe on the previous day; unm. he was a good shot and an accomplished horseman.
De Ruvigny's Roll of Honour, 1914-1924. Vol. 1 Page 386.
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