BATTERS, Anthony
| Service Numbers: | 1870, 2032 |
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| Enlisted: | 5 April 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 46th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Slaty Creek, Victoria, Australia, 1890 |
| Home Town: | St Arnaud, North Grampians, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 11 April 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Mildura Cenotaph, Tocumwal Memorial Hall Honour Rolls, Tocumwal Uniting Church Memorial Plaque, Tocumwal War Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
World War 1 Service
| 5 Apr 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1870, 46th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 20 May 1916: | Involvement Private, 1870, 46th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Medic embarkation_ship_number: A7 public_note: '' | |
| 20 May 1916: | Embarked Private, 1870, 46th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Medic, Melbourne | |
| 11 Apr 1917: | Involvement Private, 2032, 46th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2032 awm_unit: 46th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-04-11 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Anthony Batters seemed to have been living in Tocumwal NSW prior to enlisting and his parents Mr and Mrs J. Batters, of Tocumwal, received an official communication on 12 December 1917, that their son, Private Anthony Batters, who was previously, reported missing, had been killed in action in France, at Bullecourt 11 April 1917.
From the Red Cross Files, Private T. H. Kelly gave the following information, ‘I knew Private Batters 2032 he was in my Company on the morning of 11 April 1917 (Bullecourt operations) he was in the first wave, and I was in the second behind him. He got hit just before reaching the wire. I could not stop at the time to render him assistance, but he was still there when I came out of the line at noon the same day and I saw that he was dead but had not the time to notice where he got hit. Batters was a young man about 5 foot 10 inches and came from the borders of N.S.W., he left Australia with me on 20 May 1916 and joined D Company 46th Battalion the same time as me. He was known in the Battalion as ‘Tony’ and was very quiet reserved natured boy but very popular amongst his comrades.’
Batters is remembered on the Tocumwal War Memorial.
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