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Military service
Service number:
V/11889
Age:
22
Rank:
Able Seaman
Force:
Navy
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve
Division:
H.M.C.S. St. CROIX
Birth:
January 21, 1921
Melfort, Saskatchewan
Enlistment:
October 21, 1941
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
Death:
September 20, 1943
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 10.
Additional information
Son of Robert and Doris L. Botham, of Plato, Saskatchewan.
Brother of Private Charles Raymond Botham, who died while serving with the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry.
Digital gallery of Able Seaman Robert John Botham
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Newspaper clipping
From the Saskatoon Star-Phoenix. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Saskatoon Star-Phoenix. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Photo of ROBERT JOHN BOTHAM
Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star October 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Memorial
Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022 -
Newspaper clipping
From the Regina Leader Post October 1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Regina Leader Post October 1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Regina Leader Post July 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Able Seaman Robert John Botham
Digital gallery of
Able Seaman Robert John Botham
Digital gallery of
Able Seaman Robert John Botham
Digital gallery of
Able Seaman Robert John Botham
Digital gallery of
Able Seaman Robert John Botham
Digital gallery of
Able Seaman Robert John Botham
Digital gallery of
Able Seaman Robert John Botham
Digital gallery of
Able Seaman Robert John Botham
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 138 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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