BOTTOMLEY, William John
| Service Number: | 7199 |
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| Enlisted: | 30 October 1916, 24th Reinforcement Draft |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 21st Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Echuca, Victoria, Australia, January 1879 |
| Home Town: | Armadale, Stonnington, Victoria |
| Schooling: | State School, Echuca, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Grocer |
| Died: | Killed At Summit Mont St Quentin, Buried By Shell, Mont St Quentin, France, 1 September 1918 |
| Cemetery: |
Peronne Communal Cemetery Extension Peronne Communal Cemetery Extension (Plot III, Row C, Grave No. 1), France, Peronne Communal Cemetery Extension, Peronne, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Campbell Mont St Quentin Pictorial Honour Roll, Echuca War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 30 Oct 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 7199, 5th Infantry Battalion, 24th Reinforcement Draft | |
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| 19 Feb 1917: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 7199, 5th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ballarat embarkation_ship_number: A70 public_note: '' The Ballarat was torpedoed on approach to England 25 April 1917. The 24th Reinforcement Draft of the 5th Battalion on board. On this occasion, all 1720 souls aboard BALLARAT survived. | |
| 1 Sep 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 7199, 21st Infantry Battalion, Mont St Quentin / Peronne, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 7199 awm_unit: 21st Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1918-09-01 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Steve Larkins
Mother, Mrs M J Bottomley, Aintree Road, East Malvern, Victoria.
Served in School Cadets and in the Victorian Rangers, Citizen Military Forces, Echuca, Victoria.
On board the 'Ballarat' when it was torpedoed, 25 April 1917.
Wounded at Passchendaele, Belgium, 4 October 1917; returned to France, 4 February 1918.
Killed in action at the summit of Mont St Quentin. Buried in a common grave with 12 of his comrades from the 21st Battalion. Reinterred in Peronne Military Cemetery.
Commemorated in Echuca Cemetery
compiled by Steve Larkins Aug 2018
based on service record and information from the book 'Men of Mont St Quentin' by Peter Stanley 2009
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