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Cenotaph record

Frank Edgar Bottle

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Nominal Roll Vol 1, Page: 67 - No known copyright restrictions

Nominal Roll Vol 1, Page: 67 - No known copyright restrictions

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Frank Edgar AWMM
  • Surname
    Bottle AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    • WWI 11/478 AWMM
    • WWII 3/12/1104 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Unknown AWMM Eltham, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    H. Bottle (father), Oamaru, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 16 October 1914 AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW1 Wellington, New Zealand AWMM
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number

Medical history

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  • Medical notes
    Jul 1915 AWMMWounds Diseases Etc., WWI AWMM
    Received a gunshot wound in his hand and shrapnel in his neck. AWMM

Last known rank

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  • Last rank

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Son of Henry and Rosetta Bottle, of Arun St., Oamaru, Otago, New Zealand. Brother of William Charles Bottle 8/12

    October 19, 1915 Trooper Bottle was on a ship bound for Greece when it was struck by a torpedo. The ship sank with the loss of 167 people but Trooper Bottle and a mate, Jack Broom, clung to a plank for 7 hours before being rescued by the Royal Navy. AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    Dec 1986 Weekend Herald
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

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  • External links
    Military Personnel File
    https://collections.archives.govt.nz/en-NZ/web/arena/search#/entity/aims-archive/R24054646
    Further Reference
  • References
    • New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      Page No: 67 AWMM
    • Beattie, P.J. & Pomeroy, M. (2013-2020). Onward : portraits of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (vols 1-5). Auckland, New Zealand: Fair Dinkum Publications AWMM
      Vol. 2: Includes portrait AWMM
    • Weekend Herald AWMM
      Gallipoli: 100th anniversary Chosen Kiwis. 5 Apr 2014. AWMM

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