BATEMAN, Horace William
| Service Number: | 565 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 15 March 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 28th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Fremantle, Western Australia, Australia, 1893 |
| Home Town: | Fremantle, Fremantle, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Clerk |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, 8 December 1915 |
| Cemetery: |
Ari Burnu Cemetery, Gallipoli Row H, Grave 2 High Explosive Shell at Russell's Top, Anzac |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, East Fremantle Municipality Roll of Honour, Fremantle 849 Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 15 Mar 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 565, 28th Infantry Battalion | |
|---|---|---|
| 29 Jun 1915: | Involvement Private, 565, 28th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: '' | |
| 29 Jun 1915: | Embarked Private, 565, 28th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ascanius, Fremantle | |
| 8 Dec 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 565, 28th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli |
Help us honour Horace William Bateman's service by contributing information, stories, and images so that they can be preserved for future generations.
Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
William Horace was the seventh of eight children of John Wesley Bateman (born 1851 in Fremantle WA) and Maria (Mary) Teresa Armstrong (born a851 at Murray River, Ravensthorpe WA). William was a member of the Bateman family - pioneers who arrived in Fremantle in 1830.
William was working as a Mercantile Clerk when he enlisted in the AIF in 1915. Initially a Private (Service No: 565) with 13th Depot Company, he transferred to 28 Battalion C coy and was promoted to Lance Corporal on 31 August 1915. William was KIA by a High Explosive Shell at Russell's Top, Anzac in 1916.
The Western Mail (21 January 1916) reports that William was ' a model soldier as well as a splendid shot with the rifle, and at the time of his death he had attained the rank of lance - corporal, having performed yeoman service in the trenches as well as some other good work as a sniper' (p 48).
William's brothers Vernon and Herbert Pearson also served in WWI, and brother - in - law Henry Kennedy Maley MLA served in the Boer War.
Click images to start slideshow.