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Name: WHETHAM, Arthur Courtney Boddam (Capt.)
Birth Date: 20 Apr 1884 Kirklington Hall, Southwell, Notts.
Death Date: 22 June 1919 Egypt
First Date: 1914
Profession: Military, KAR
Area: Nyanza
Married: In Busbridge, Surrey 5 Aug 1911 May Grace Barton b. 20 Oct 1888 Wynberg, S. Africa, d. 21 Dec 1974 Tenterden (later m in Lahore 1924 Edward Rickard Carew Wilson)
Book Reference: Gazette
War Service: Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
General Information:
Gazette - 26/8/1914 - Appt. JP with jurisdiction over an area extending two miles on either side of that portion of the Uganda Railway which lies within the Nyanza Province
Gazette - 23/9/1914 - Appt. - Lieutenant (temporary) KAR - A.C. Boddam Whetham, Reserve of Officers, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, to date September 1st 1914
Royal Aero Club aviator's certificate 8 July 1913 Hendon
CWGC buried in Ramleh War Cemetery, Ramla, Israel