BOTHAM, Frank
| Service Number: | 6156 |
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| Enlisted: | 23 August 1915, Lismore, New South Wales |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 2nd Field Artillery Brigade |
| Born: | Worsboro Dale, Barnsley, England, 11 April 1894 |
| Home Town: | Boolaroo, Lake Macquarie Shire, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Miner |
| Died: | Sydney, New South Wales, 3 May 1941, aged 47 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
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World War 1 Service
| 23 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Lismore, New South Wales | |
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| 10 Dec 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Gunner, 6156, 1st Divisional Ammunition Column, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '22' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Barambah embarkation_ship_number: A37 public_note: '' | |
| 10 Dec 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Gunner, 6156, 1st Divisional Ammunition Column, HMAT Barambah, Melbourne | |
| 9 Oct 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Corporal, 6156, 2nd Field Artillery Brigade | |
| 11 Jan 1921: | Discharged AIF WW1 |
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Frank BOTHAM, MM
Religion: Church of England
Address: Speers Point, Boolaroo, near Newcastle, New South Wales
Marital status: Single
Age at embarkation: 22
Height: 5' 8.5"
Weight: 154 lbs
Next of kin: Father, W R Botham, Speers Point, Boolaroo, near Newcastle, New South Wales
Previous military service: Nil - Rank on enlistment: Gunner - Unit name: Divisional Ammunition Column 1, Reinforcement 12
AWM Embarkation Roll number: 25/89/3
Embarkation details: Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A37 Barambah on 10 December 1915
Rank from Nominal Roll: Corporal
Unit from Nominal Roll: 2nd Field Artillery Brigade
Recommendations (Medals and Awards): Military Medal, Recommendation date: 17 March 1918
Fate: Returned to Australia 25 January 1919
Medals: Military Medal
Source: 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 173 Date: 7 November 1918
Discharge date: 11 January 1921
War service: Egypt, Western Front
Medals: Military Medal, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Date of death: 3 May 1941
Age at death: 47
Place of burial: Cremated: Northern Suburbs Crematorium, Sydney, New South Wales
Sources: NAA Attestation Paper and Service Record - Frank Botham (recordsearch.naa.gov.au)
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"BOTHAM.- The Relatives and Friends of the late FRANK BOTHAM (late A.I.F.) are invited to attend his Funeral to leave T. J. Andrews's Funeral Chapel, 42 Walker Street, North Sydney, THIS DAY, 11 a.m., for the Crematorium, Northern Suburbs. By request no flowers." - from the Sydney Morning Herald 05 May 1941 (nla.gov.au)