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BOTTAM, Frederick Osborne
| Service Number: | 7195 |
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| Enlisted: | 21 July 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 10th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Adelaide, South Australia, July 1886 |
| Home Town: | Semaphore, Port Adelaide Enfield, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Clerk |
| Died: | Tuberculosis, Adelaide, South Australia, 3 June 1930 |
| Cemetery: |
West Terrace Cemetery (AIF Section) Section: LO, Road: 3S, Site No: 14 |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 21 Jul 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 7195, 10th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 23 Jun 1917: | Involvement Private, 7195, 10th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Borda embarkation_ship_number: A30 public_note: '' | |
| 23 Jun 1917: | Embarked Private, 7195, 10th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Borda, Adelaide | |
| 11 Nov 1918: | Involvement 7195, 10th Infantry Battalion | |
| 12 Apr 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 7195, 10th Infantry Battalion, Acted in a number of positions from A/Cpl to WO/QMS. Appears well regarded but was not formally promoted. |
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From How We Served
7195 Private Frederick Osborne Bottam of Semaphore South Australia had been employed as a clerk prior to enlisting for War Service on the 21st of July 1916, and was allocated to reinforcements for the 10th Battalion, 1st AIF. Frederick was embarked for England and further training on the 23rd of June 1917, and following his arrival he was hospitalised for sickness which he contracted whilst on the ship heading over from Australia.
Retained in England to assist the 3rd Training Battalion Frederick again would be hospitalised having contracted influenza for which he was hospitalised from the 11th of November 1917 until deemed well enough to return to duty on the 9th of January 1918 where he completed his course of instructions as an NCO. On the 3rd of March Frederick arrived in France, and within weeks he was again being hospitalised having been diagnosed as suffering from neuralgia and was not to return to his Unit in the trenches until the 16th of April.
On the 21st of May, Frederick sustained a seriously sprained ankle and was again evacuated for hospitalization, firstly in France before being sent back to England for further treatment, arriving on the 27th. The injury which Frederick had sustained in the field would cause him to be returned to Australia as an invalid. Frederick departed England bound for Australia on the 24th of January 1919, and following his return he was formally discharged from the 1st AIF on the 12th of April 1919.
Frederick re-entered civilian life, though his health was still affected by his service with the 1st AIF and on the 3rd of June 1930, Frederick succumbed to tuberculosis which was cited as being caused by War Service, at the age of 42. Following his passing Frederick was formally laid to rest within West Terrace Cemetery, South Australia.
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