WOOTTEN, William Halden
| Service Number: | 2471 |
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| Enlisted: | 8 June 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 4th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Lismore, New South Wales, Australia, 1891 |
| Home Town: | Lismore, Lismore Municipality, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Rous Mill Public School, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 15 April 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Alstonville War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Empire Vale Roll of Honour, Lismore & District Memorial Honour Roll, Rous Mill Honour Board, Rous Mill In Memoriam, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
World War 1 Service
| 8 Jun 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2471, 4th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 14 Jul 1915: | Involvement Private, 2471, 4th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Orsova embarkation_ship_number: A67 public_note: '' | |
| 14 Jul 1915: | Embarked Private, 2471, 4th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Orsova, Sydney | |
| 15 Apr 1917: | Involvement Lance Corporal, 2471, 4th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2471 awm_unit: 4th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1917-04-15 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Walter and Lucy Anne Wootten, of Bilambil Rd., Terranora, New South Wales
Biography contributed by Stephen Brooks
William Wootten served at Gallipoli for a few months. He was promoted to Lance Corporal in France early 1916 before he was wounded by shrapnel in the foot at Mouquet Farm during August 1916. He was evacuated to England and spent some months in Scotland recovering before he rejoined his unit in France just prior to Christmas 1916. He was killed in action on 15 April 1917 at Lagnicourt when a large German attack was repulsed by the Australians.
His younger brother, 6936 Pte. John Wycliffe Wootten, also of the 4th Battalion AIF, later died of wounds 11 September 1918., aged 25.
Another brother, 4929 Corporal Frederick Charles Wootten served with the 55th Battalion AIF and returned to Australia during 1919.