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BOTT, Clifton John Shortland
| Service Number: | 3460 |
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| Enlisted: | 17 August 1915, Adelaide, South Australia |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 10th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Callington, South Australia, 1892 |
| Home Town: | Port Wakefield, Wakefield, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Carpenter |
| Died: | Daw Park, South Australia, 1 June 1964, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Cheltenham Cemetery, South Australia Section U, Path 2(24), Site 43C Lease expires 3 June 2024 |
| Memorials: | Balaklava Port Wakefield St Albans Church Roll of Honour, Port Wakefield Memorial Arch |
World War 1 Service
| 17 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Adelaide, South Australia | |
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| 12 Jan 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3460, 27th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Borda embarkation_ship_number: A30 public_note: '' | |
| 12 Jan 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 3460, 27th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Borda, Adelaide | |
| 11 Nov 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3460, 10th Infantry Battalion | |
| 22 Aug 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1 | |
| Date unknown: | Honoured Military Medal | |
| Date unknown: | Involvement 27th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières |
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Rank - Private
1 July 1918 – Charged with disobeying an order by a superior officer. Fined 21 days full pay
Between 10-12 August 1918 Citation for Military Medal says;
During operations near Lihons this stretcher bearer with Pte Davies worked continuously for 36 hours. They were the only two left, the other stretcher bearers having been wounded, and carried on without assistance. Almost every casualty in the Company was evacuated through them and when all the wounded had been evacuated these two bearers removed all the killed
26 October 1918 – Awarded Military Medal
20 May 1919 – Embarked HMAT Nestor for Australia
Medals: Military Medal, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Son of Levi and Agnes Bott of Callington, South Australia. Married Rosey May Bampton in St James Church, Adelaide on 29 July 1919. Brother of 4071 Staff Sergeant Newton Raymond Bott, Australian Army Service Corps, returned to Australia, 23 July 1919
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