WOOTTON  A.

Given Names:  Arnold Horace

               

Service Number:  514

Unit:  5th Battalion, D Company                                                                                       

Rank:  Private  

Paybook Number: 

 

Age:  19 Yrs  10 Mths

Occupation:  Farm Hand                                                                                                 

Marital Status:  Single

Religion:  Congregational

 

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION           

Height:  5 Ft  9½ In                  

Weight:  159 Lbs

Chest:  40½ In

Hair:  Fair

Eyes:  Grey

Complexion:  Fair

 

ENLISTMENT

Date Enlisted:  17/8/1914

Place:  Prahran

Next of Kin:  FATHER  Horace Edgar Wootton

42 Lisson Grove, Hawthorn, Victoria                                                                                 

Embarkation Date:  21/10/1914

Port:  Melbourne                                       

Ship:  HMAT Orvieto A3

 

END OF WAR 

Status:  Returned to Australia

Ship:  Hororata

Embarked:  29/7/1915                               

Disembarked: 

Unit:  5th Battalion                                                                                                                        

Rank:  Private

Discharge Date:  29/9/1915                       

Place: 

 

MEDALS AND AWARDS

14/15 Star:  1063

British War Medal:  5110

Victory Medal:  Awarded

Other:   

 

BIRTH

Date or Year:  14/10/1894

Place:  Kew, Victoria                               

Father:  Horace Edgar WOOTTON           

Mother:  Florence SEARLE

 

MARRIAGE

Year:  1931     

Place:             

Spouse: Annie BRACKELMAN

 

DEATH

Date or Year: 26/9/1945                          

Place: Kew, Victoria                                

Burial:  Springvale, Victoria

 

SERVICE RECORD HIGHLIGHTS

 

MEMORIALS

Kew War Memorial

Trinity Grammar

Hawthorn Town Hall

St Augustine’s Church

 

WORLD WAR 2 SERVICE

Service Number:                                                    

Date Enlisted:                                                        

Date Discharged: 

 

COMMENTS

FURTHER INFORMATION

 

Kew Rotary