BOTTOMLEY, Victor Godfrey
Service Number: | 1312 |
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Enlisted: | 9 August 1915, Brisbane |
Last Rank: | Trooper |
Last Unit: | 11th Light Horse Regiment |
Born: | Boort, Victoria, 1893 |
Home Town: | Goombi, Western Downs, Queensland |
Schooling: | State School, Victoria |
Occupation: | Labourer |
Died: | Killed in Action, Palestine, 19 April 1917 |
Cemetery: |
Gaza War Cemetery, Israel and Palestine (including Gaza) Plot XII, Row C, Grave 14, Gaza War Cemetery, Gaza, Israel, Deir El Belah War Cemetery, Deir El Belah, Israel |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Chinchilla War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
9 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1312, 11th Light Horse Regiment, Brisbane | |
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30 Nov 1915: | Involvement Private, 1312, 11th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Suffolk embarkation_ship_number: A23 public_note: '' | |
30 Nov 1915: | Embarked Private, 1312, 11th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Suffolk, Sydney | |
19 Apr 1917: | Involvement Trooper, 1312, 11th Light Horse Regiment, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1312 awm_unit: 11 Light Horse Regiment awm_rank: Trooper awm_died_date: 1917-04-19 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Victor Godfrey BOTTOMLEY was born in 1893 in Boort, Victoria
His parents were William John BOTTOMLEY and Maria KNIGHT
He had previous service with the Light Horse Regiment (CMF) in Chinchilla, Victoria before he enlisted on 9th August, 1915 in Brisbane - he embarked from Sydney with the 11th Light Horse Regiment - 7th Re-inforcements on the 30th November, 1915 on the HMAT Suffolk
Victor was Killed in Action on 19th April, 1917 & was not buried at the time because of the hasty withdrawal of his unit - he was eventually buried on 21st January, 1918 and re-interred in Gaza Military Cemetery
Inscription reads:
'HE DIED FOR HIS KING AND COUNTRY"
His name is memorialised on the Australian War Memorial & he received the British War Medal & the Victory Medal.
His brother William Allen BOTTOMLEY (SN1315) also served in WW1 & returned to Australia in 1919