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BOTTRILL, Edward Arthur
| Service Number: | 786 |
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| Enlisted: | 16 January 1915, Wentworth, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 22nd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Cobar, New South Wales, October 1894 |
| Home Town: | Berri, Berri and Barmera, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Berri, South Australia, 26 April 1976, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Barmera (Upper Murray) Garden of Memory Cemetery Section G; Row B; Plot 13 |
| Memorials: | Curlwaa Honor Roll WW1 |
World War 1 Service
| 16 Jan 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 786, 22nd Infantry Battalion, Wentworth, NSW | |
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| 10 May 1915: | Involvement Private, 786, 22nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: '' | |
| 10 May 1915: | Embarked Private, 786, 22nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne | |
| 11 Nov 1918: | Involvement Private, 786 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of William Henry Bottrill & Mary Anne Bottrill, Wentworth NSW
(December 1916 moved to Berri, SA)
On enlisting Edward was 21yrs 3mths old; single; 5' 4" tall; 130 pounds; fair complexion; grey eyes; brown hair; living at Wentworth with parents, Church of England, worked as a Labourer.
16/1/1915 Enlisted at Wentworth, New South Wales
10/5/1915 Embarked from Port Melbourne onboard HMAT A38 Ulysses
as a Private with 6th Infantry Brigade, 22nd Infantry Battalion D Company
19/3/1916 proceeded to join British Expeditionary Forces ex Alexandria
26/3/1916 disembarked into Marseilles, France
16/7/1916 taken on strength of 6th Light Trench Mortar Battery, in the field
20/11/1916 wounded in action by shell, wound left forearm, evacuated
(compound fracture of both bones of left forearm (radius and ulnar)
27/11/1916 Embarked onboard HS Astunios at Havre, France for England
admitted to 3rd Auxillary Hospital, Dartford, England
- had several operations to remove bone
21/12/1917 returned to Australia onboard A34 Persic
12/2/1918 transhipped to RMS Ormond for Sydney
15/8/1918 discharged
Medals - 1914/15 Star 21693; British War medal 13106, Victory medal 13015
Last lived at Berri, South Australia.
Buried with wife Joy Gwendoline Bottrill (d. 13/1/1994 83yrs).
Sourced and submitted by Julianne T Ryan. January 2016. Lest we forget.
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