BORN HULL 1893. SON OF FREDERICK CHARLES GOTT (1853-1936) & ELIZA LANDRICK (1859-1901), AT 12 WALKERS SQUARE, SYKES STREET, HULL. HE EMIGRATED TO AUSTRALIA. WORKED AS A BUTCHER. MARRIED DORIS LILLIAN CATCHPOLE, IN QUEENSLAND, ON 09/02/1915. HIS WIFE, LILLIAN GOTT AND SON, RICHARD, LIVED IN HANDFORD ROAD, ZILLMERE, BRISBANE, QUEENSLAND. HE ENLISTED IN BRISBANE, ON 20/10/1915, AGED 22 YEARS AND 5 MONTHS. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 9 INCHES TALL, 10 STONE WEIGHT, 33.5 INCH CHEST. BLUE EYES, LIGHT BROWN HAIR, SCAR ON RIGHT ARM, MOLE ON RIGHT HIP. SERVED WITH THE 34TH AIF ARTILLERY. LEFT SYDNEY, ON 11/05/1916. ARRIVED IN DEVONPORT, ENGLAND, ON 10/07/1916. STATIONED AT LARKHILL. POSTED TO FRANCE, ON 11/09/1917. WOUNDED IN THE CHEST, ON 12/10/1917 AT YPRES. DIED OF WOUNDS, THE SAME DAY, AGED 24. BURIED AT MENIN ROAD SOUTH CEMETERY, BELGIUM, (PLOT 2, ROW M, GRAVE 9.)
HE LEFT A WIDOW, DORIS LILLIAN CATCHPOLE (1899-1981), SON, RICHARD AND BROTHERS, DAVID, FRED, AND ARTHUR AND SISTERS, ELLEN, HARRIET, BEATRICE, AND SARAH ANN.
