BATTEN, Victor Thomas Arthur
| Service Number: | 860 |
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| Enlisted: | 10 December 1914, Adelaide, SA |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Light Horse Regiment |
| Born: | Geelong, Victoria, Australia, 18 July 1875 |
| Home Town: | Adelaide, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Geelong College |
| Occupation: | Plasterer |
| Died: | Pneumonic Influenza after discharge, 5th Australian General Hospital, Australia, 11 February 1919, aged 43 years |
| Cemetery: |
Coburg Pine Ridge Cemetery, Victoria, Australia Ang C 547 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Geelong College Anglo-South African War Memorial, Geelong College WW1 Roll of Honour, Newtown All Saints Church Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 10 Dec 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 860, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, Adelaide, SA | |
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| 1 Apr 1915: | Involvement Private, 860, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Lincoln embarkation_ship_number: A17 public_note: '' | |
| 1 Apr 1915: | Embarked Private, 860, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Port Lincoln, Adelaide | |
| 11 Feb 1919: | Involvement Corporal, 860, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 860 awm_unit: 3rd Australian Light Horse Regiment awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1919-02-11 |
Boer War Service
| Date unknown: | Involvement |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Thomas Lloyd Batten and Miriam Elizabeth nee Batten
Husband of Mrs Margaret Batten, 'Tom's Court,' off Halifax Street, Adelaide, South Australia
An Australian who served in three separate South African Units in the Anglo Boer War; being taken POW whilst serving as a Trooper with Kitchener’s Horse (No. 3424); then enlisting in 1901 as a Sgt with the Namaqualand Border Scouts (No. 663) and then finally joining the Cape Garrison Artillery as a Gunner (No. 127) in 1902 with whom he was seriously wounded; wounds for which he never fully recovered.
He married On 5 March 1915 he married Margaret Frances Andrews, daughter of Michael and Johanna Shannon, at the Methodist Manse, South Terrace, Adelaide, shortly before his embarkation for Egypt.
BATTEN.- On the 11th February, Corporal Victor T. A. Batten, late A.I.F., beloved son of Marian and the late Thomas Batten, of 202 Aberdeen street, Geelong.
BATTEN.- On the 11th February, at Base Hospital, Corporal V. T. A. Batten, late 3rd L. Horse, A.I.F., beloved husband of Margaret Frances Batten, of 12 Johnstone street, Malvern.
It is with deep regret that the news was recently received in this parish of the death of Corporal Victor Batten, who some few years ago was a resident of Newtown, a regular attendant at All Saint's Church, and a member of the Men's Union. He was highly regarded by very many on account of his sterling qualities of character and his good nature; while one could not but admire the splendid spirit of patriotism which prompted him to volunteer, not only for the South African War (in which he received such severe injuries that he never completely recovered from them), but also for the present war, from which he was invalided home a few months ago. Falling a victim to pneumonic influenza, he was admitted to the Caulfield Base Hospital, where he died on Tuesday Feburary 11th. To his mourning relatives the sincere sympathy of this parish is offered.