Botting

Fellow officer
Mentioned: 1918
Comrades in the field

First noted getting his commission, July 17, 1918, then a recurring social presence that August: dinner with Joe at 2nd Bn Transport (August 14) and tea with Coles (August 17).

Appears in the diary · 3 entries

1918

  • 17 July 1918… us a tent & an orderly room. – Bryant & Riley are messing us. – The troops are in bivvys & under the tarps. Botting, Serple & Wall have their commissions. One of the hottest stickiest days yet & I’m gol du …
  • 14 August 1918… er below Maroeiul for a swim & fraternised with the French. – Had dinner over at 2nd Bn Transport with Joe & Botting. – 3rd Bn training on Pontoons
  • 17 August 1918Hot Ormy Stitt buried to-day. – Another of God’s own gentlemen gone west. – Had tea with Coles & Botting. – Worked on War Diary.
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