ANZAC Heroes | Great War 1914 – 1918

Bunbury – Wellington District Western Australia

BOTTA, Diego

BOTTA, Diego

Full Name: Diego

BOTTA

Date of Birth: 02

–

1873

Place of birth: Turin

Italy

Occupation: Mill Hand

Address: Lowden WA

Next of Kin: Friend – Celeste MOSCA

Next of Kin Address: Lowden WA

Religion: Roman Catholic

Service Number: 3777

Rank: Private

Unit/Division: 51st Battalion

Enlistment Date: 1915-10-30

Enlistment Location: Perth

WA

Embarkation Port:

Embarkation Date: 1916-02-12

Embarkation Ship:

Disembarkation Port:

Disembarkation Date: 1916-03-06

Locations Served:

,

Returned: No

Discharge Date:

Cause of Death: Killed in Action

Date of Death:

Place of Death: Villers Brettoneux

Age at Death: 43

Burial Location: Inscription – Villers Brettoneux Memorial France

29/10/1915- Completed Application for Enlistment & Preliminary Medical Examination Perth WA
30/10/1915- To 34 Depot Blackboy Hill WA as Private
4/11/1915- To ” D ” Company No. 4 Depot Battalion
16/12/1915- To 9th Reinforcements 28th Battalion Blackboy Hill
12/02/1916- Embarked Fremantle WA aboard ” Miltiades ” bound for Egypt
6/03/1916- Disembarked Alexandria ex Australia to 7th Training Battalion Egypt
2/04/1916- Transferred to 51st Battalion Serapeum Egypt
5/06/1916- Embarked Alexandria with British Expeditionary Forces bound for Marseilles France
12/06/1916- Disembarked Marseilles
14-16/08/1916- Killed in Action France.

 

SERVICE MEDALS AWARDED

British War Medal – No. 32766

Victory Medal – No. 32541

Memorial Plaque/Scroll – No. 317273

 

MEMORIAL INSCRIPTIONS

Donnybrook War Memorial WA

Lowden Roll of Honour WA

Australian War Memorial Canberra ACT – Panel No. 152

Villers Brettoneux War Memorial France