Arthur Albert Cotton Unknown date of birth - 3 December 1917 Key details Contribute › Service number57485 AWMM Also known as ForceArmy AWMM Rank and unit at dischargeWW1 AWMMPrivate AWMMCanterbury Infantry Regiment, 1st Battalion AWMM WarWorld War I, 1914-1918 AWMM Report Play your part Contribute what you know about their war service and life. Lay a poppy Leave a note PDF Print Share Portrait, Auckland Weekly News 1918 - No known copyright res … Read more View gallery Hide sources Show empty fields Identity About Contribute › Title ForenamesArthur Albert AWMM SurnameCotton AWMM Ingoa Also known as Service number57485 AWMM GenderMale AWMM Iwi Hapū Waka Rohe Religion Report Images and documents Images Contribute › Documents Contribute › Civilian life About birth Contribute › Date of birth Place of birthAustralia AWMM Birth notesAustralia AWMM Report Occupations Contribute › Occupation before enlistmentWW1 AWMMBootmaker AWMM Post war occupation Report Next of kin Contribute › Address before enlistment Next of kin on embarkationMrs M.A. Cotton (mother)17 Moa PlaceChristchurchNew Zealand AWMM Relationship status Report Service Wars and conflicts Contribute › WarWorld War I, 1914-1918 AWMM Campaigns ForceArmy AWMM Service number57485 AWMM Military units Military service Report Miilitary decorations Contribute › Medals and Awards Report Training and Enlistment Contribute › Military training EnlistmentWW1 AWMMUnknown AWMM Age on enlistmentWW1 AWMM Report Embarkations Contribute › Embarkation detailsWW1 AWMM15 August 1917 AWMMWellingtonNew Zealand AWMM15 Aug 1917-2 October 1917 AWMMHMNZT 92 AWMMGlasgowScotland AWMMArrival - 02 Oct 1917Depart - 15 Aug 1917 AWMM Embarkation bodyWW1 AWMM15 August 1917 AWMMNew Zealand Expeditionary Force (NZEF) AWMM29th Reinforcements, Canterbury Infantry Regiment, C Company AWMMRuahine AWMMCorporal AWMM Report Prisoner of war Contribute › Capture details Days interned Liberation date POW liberation details POW serial number Report Medical history Contribute › Medical notesKilled in ActionCause of Death AWMM Report Discharge Contribute › DischargeWW1 AWMMPrivate AWMMCanterbury Infantry Regiment, 1st Battalion AWMM Report Biographical information Biographical information Contribute › Arthur Cotton was the son of Alfred and Martha Ann Cotton, of 25 Haast St., Linwood, Christchurch, New Zealand. Native of Australia. AWMM Report Death About death Contribute › Age at death29 AWMM Date of death3 December 1917 AWMM Cause of deathKilled in Action AWMM Place of deathYpresBelgium AWMM Death notesYpresBelgium AWMM Report Cemetery Contribute › Cemetery name Grave reference Report Memorial Contribute › Memorial nameButtes New British Cemetery (NZ) MemorialPolygon WoodZonnebekeWest-VlaanderenBelgium AWMM Memorial reference Obituary Report Roll of Honour Remember Arthur Albert Cotton by laying a poppy. Alfred Ernest Cotton Andrew Cotton Arthur Albert Cotton Arthur Edward Cotton Arthur Ernest Cotton Lay a poppy for 2015 Leave a note Leave a tribute or memory of Arthur Albert Cotton Leave a note Contribute › Processing Sources Sources Contribute › External linksCommonwealth War Graves Commission.http://www.cwgc.orgSources UsedMilitary personnel filehttp://www.archway.archives.govt.nz/ViewFullItem.do?code=21897875Archives NZ DocumentsNew Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1918). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume III. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM70: 10 AWMM Report Seen an error on this page? Tell us about it.
