Cpl
Ernest George Henry Bott

Information about birth

Place of birth:
Mincha, Victoria, Australia

Army information

Country:
Australia
Force:
Australian Imperial Force
Rank:
Corporal
Service number:
4979
Units:
 —  Australian Infantry, 21st Bn. (Victoria)  (Last known unit)

Information about death

Date of death:
04/10/1917

Memorial

Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial
Panel: 23 stone O

Distinctions and medals 3

Points of interest 1

#1 Place of birth

Sources 2

21st Australian Infantry Battalion, (Australian War Memorial, Campbell (AWM), AWM423/38/26).
https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C1338583
Sources used
First Australian Imperial Force Personnel Dossiers, 1914-1920, (National Archives of Australia, Canberra (NAA), B2455, BOTT E G H).
https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/SearchScreens/NameSearch.aspx
Sources used

More information 5

Commonwealth War Graves Commission Database
https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/1597779
Namenlijst (In Flanders Fields Museum)
https://namenlijst.org/publicsearch/#/person/_id=afecff6a-baff-406c-8614-a2f0747ba68d
Lives of the First World War (Imperial War Museum)
https://livesofthefirstworldwar.iwm.org.uk/lifestory/7364764
Lives of the First World War (Imperial War Museum)
https://livesofthefirstworldwar.iwm.org.uk/lifestory/5008852
The AIF Project (UNSW Canberra)
https://aif.adfa.edu.au/showPerson?pid=27528