Samuel Hurtle Leslie Bott (1888 - 1966)

Ancestors

Biography

Samuel Hurtle Leslie was born in 1888. He is the son of Levi Bott and Agnes Commyns.

1908 Samuel Hurtle Leslie Bott married Grace Adelaide Freak, marriage registered in the district of Nairne, South Australia.

21 March 1916 Samuel Hurtle Leslie Bott enlisted with the Australian Imperial Forces (AIF) age 27 4/12 years, occupation Labourer, married 2 children, wife Grace Adelaide Bott, residence 198 Archer Street, Gawler, South Australia. Issued Service Number 2374B, Rank Private 27th Battalion.

Embarkation "Commonwealth" 19 Sep 1991, Disembarkation Plymouth, England. Proceeded overseas to France per SS "Princess Victoria". Folkestone ( Sts 27th Bn)

1917 Admitted to the Northampton War Hospital, reported gunshot wound right leg. 27th Bat ( late 50th Bat )

1918 Appointed to Lance Corporal .

1918 Admitted to the Edmonton Military Hospital suffering from a gunshot would chest, recorded as severe.

1919 Appointed Temp Division Vice, reverted back to Lance Corporal.

Medals
1914/15 Star
Victory Rank LCpl 27th Battalion ( No 16923)
British War Rank LCpl 27th Battalion ( No 17048)

Returned to Australia 8 September 1919.

1966 Mr Samuel Hurtle Leslie Bott, in his 78th year died. Interred at the Willaston General Cemetery, Willaston, Gawler, South Australia, Australia.

Sources

• Victoria Birth Registration: Name BOTT, Samul Hurtle, Mother Agnes Murtrapanna COMMYNS, Father Levi, District Preston, Year 1888, Reg No: 32512/1888. https://www.bdm.vic.gov.au/research-and-family-history/search-your-family-history Victoria Family History Indexes

• #S27 Page: Nai 236/63 Note: brides age 18 years CONT grooms age 19 years

• South Australian Death Registration Index : Name Samuel Hurtle Leslie Bott, (M) District Gawler Book/Page No 21A/8798 Year 1966 GENEALOGY SA Online Database. https://www.genealogysa.org.au/resources/online-database-search

• Military Records : Title Bott Samuel Hurtle Leslie : SERN 2374B : POB Melbourne VIC : POE Adelaide SA : NOK W Bott Grace Adelaide Contents date range 1914 - 1920 Series number B2455 Control symbol BOTT S H L Citation NAA: B2455, BOTT S H L Item ID 3100340 Location Canberra Access status Open https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/ViewImage.aspx?B=3100340 National Archives Australia (NAA)

• Nominal Roll : Lance Corporal Samuel Hurtle Leslie Bott Service number 2374 Ranks Held Lance Corporal, Private, Final Rank Lance Corporal, Unit 27th Australian Infantry Battalion, Conflict/Operation First World War, 1914-1918 https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/P11037801 Australian War Memorial

• Samuel Hurtle Leslie Bott (Virtual War Memorial Australia, https://vwma.org.au : accessed 21 Feb 2024)

• http://www.ww1sa.gravesecrets.net/bo.html

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/186577133/samuel-hurtle_leslie-bott: accessed 28 June 2023), memorial page for Samuel Hurtle Leslie “Les” Bott (1888–5 Dec 1966), Find a Grave Memorial ID 186577133, citing Willaston General Cemetery, Willaston, Gawler, South Australia, Australia; Maintained by Deb Jackson (contributor 48938337).