Cyril Rupert WOTTON

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Service Number:	3469
Enlisted:	14 July 1915, Enlisted at Liverpool, New South Wales
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	14th Machine Gun Company
Born:	Paddington, New South Wales, 1891
Home Town:	Cessnock, Cessnock, New South Wales
Schooling:	Nowra Public School
Occupation:	Draper
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 19 July 1916
Cemetery:	Rue-du-Bois Military Cemetery, Fleurbaix Plot 1, Row F, Grave 31 Rev. J.P. Guilbert officiated, Rue-Du-Bois Military Cemetery, Fleurbaix, Bethune, Nord Pas de Calais, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Burwood Memorial Arch, Merriwa War Memorial

14 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3469, Enlisted at Liverpool, New South Wales
2 Nov 1915:	Involvement Private, 3469, 3rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: ''
2 Nov 1915:	Embarked Private, 3469, 3rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Sydney
19 Jul 1916:	Involvement Private, 3469, 14th Machine Gun Company, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 3469 awm_unit: 14 Machine Gun Company awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1916-07-19

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Served for 2 years in the Senior Cadets

16 February 1916 - Taken on strength 53 Battalion at Tel-el-Kebir

11 March 1916 - Transferred to the 14 Machine Gun Battalion

24 March 1916 - To hospital with Influenza

7 April 1916 - Rejoined unit at Ferry Post

1 May 1916 - Attended instructors school at Zeitoun

19 June 1916 - Embarked HMT Canada at Alexandria to join BEF

25 June 1916 - Disembarked at Marseilles

14 August 1917 - Father wrote to Base Records saying that he has not received Cyril personal effects

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal