WINTERBOTTOM, Joseph Henry
| Service Number: | 575 |
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| Enlisted: | 17 August 1914, 2.5 yrs ANA rifle club Newcastle, 3 years Demiston Rifles |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 2nd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Helensburgh, New South Wales, Australia, 3 August 1885 |
| Home Town: | Minmi, Newcastle, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Gas service layer (Newcastle Gas & Coke Company, Ltd) |
| Died: | Died of wounds, 3rd Australian Casualty Clearing Station, Puchevillers, Francence, 24 July 1916, aged 30 years |
| Cemetery: |
Puchevillers British Cemetery, France Plot II, Row A, Grave No. 43 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Hamilton City of Newcastle Gas & Coke Honour Board, Hamilton War Memorial, Minmi Roll of Honour, Minmi St Andrew's Church Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 17 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 575, 2nd Infantry Battalion, 2.5 yrs ANA rifle club Newcastle, 3 years Demiston Rifles | |
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| 18 Oct 1914: | Involvement Private, 575, 2nd Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Suffolk embarkation_ship_number: A23 public_note: '' | |
| 18 Oct 1914: | Embarked Private, 575, 2nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Suffolk, Sydney | |
| 24 Jul 1916: | Involvement Sergeant, 575, 2nd Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 575 awm_unit: 2 Battalion awm_rank: Sergeant awm_died_date: 1916-07-24 |
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From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
Let us remember a Fallen Original Anzac of The Great War memorialised at Mimi Cemetery, N.S.W.
On the 24th July 1916, Sergeant Joseph Henry Winterbottom, 2nd Battalion (Reg No-575), gas service layer (Newcastle Gas & Coke Company, Ltd), from "Bonnie Doon", Maitland Road, Minmi, New South Wales, Died of Wounds at the 3rd Australian Casualty Clearing Station, France, 30 years 11 months. Battle of Pozieres.
Born at Helensburgh, New South Wales on the 3rd August 1885 to John Thomas, (died 22.11.1918, Minmi, N.S.W., age 62, buried at Minmi Cemetery, N.S.W., Right Hand Side, Section 02, Plot 053, from "Bonnie Doon", Maitland Road, Minmi, N.S.W., and Janet T Winterbottom nee Hunter, died 20.4.1912, Minmi, N.S.W., age 47, mother of 5, sleeping at Minmi Cemetery, N.S.W., Right Hand Side, Section 02, Plot 053, from "Bonnie Doon", Maitland Road, Minmi, N.S.W., Joe enlisted on the 17th August 1914, age 29 years, at Sydney, N.S.W.
Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board Transport A23 Suffolk on the 18th October 1914.
Disembarked Alexandria, Egypt 2.12.1914.
Landed on the Gallipoli Peninsula, (Anzac Cove), on the Sunday of the 25th April 1915. His rifle prowess made him a sniper.
Admitted to hospital 25.7.1915 (dysentery).
Promoted to Corporal 28.11.1915.
Promoted to Sergeant 25.1.1916.
Joe was one of the players from the Northern Branch Rugby League (Central Newcastle) who had gone to the front.
Granted leave to England from 25.6.1916 to 5.7.1916.
Wounded in action 23.7.1916 - (GSW abdomen).
Joe was one of the players from the Northern Branch Rugby League (Central Newcastle) who had gone to the front.
Joe is resting at Puchevillers British Cemetery, France. Plot II Row A Grave 43.
Place of Association - Minmi, New South Wales, Australia.
Mr. Winterbottom name has been inscribed on the Cessnock War Memorial, Minmi Roll of Honour, Minmi St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church Roll of Honour and the Newcastle Gas & Coke Company Limited Roll of Honor.
Poppies have been placed at the Winterbottom memorialised gravesite in remembrance of the service and supreme sacrifice of their son Joe for God, King & Country. Right Hand Side, Section 02, Plot 053.
Many thanks to Pat Healion, Jeanette Park and Ros Cheetham for the notification and photo of gravesite.
Contact with descendants would be greatly appreciated.
Lest We Forget.
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