Mitchell Wightman
Name Mitchell Wightman
Number Private 6103
Battalion Private, 37th Battalion
Place of Birth Seaton
Next of Kin His Mother, Mrs. Elizabeth Wightman of Leongatha. Single man
Date and place of enlistment Leongatha 30/3/1916
Physical details on enlistment Age 41 years 5’6” 11 stone 7 pounds, blue eyes, black hair
Religion Presbyterian
Occupation butcher and bookkeeper
Date and place of death
He died of wounds on 1/2/1917 at Armentieres
Location of grave or memorial
Cite Bonjean Military Cemetery Armentieres
Relationship to Woorayl Shire
The Wightman family farmed in the Shire since the early 20th Century
Military History
- He attended Heyfield State School
- 30/3/16 He enlisted
- 28/7/16 He embarked Melbourne on HMAT Themistocles
- 30/7/16 He suffered from bronchitis on the Themistocles
* He started in the 7th Training Battalion then moved to the 37th
- 22/11/16 He went to France
- 31/1/1917 He was reported missing in action and died on 1/2/1917
- He was buried in Cite Bonjean Military Cemetery Armentieres
- A report stated that he was shot through the head. Stretcher-bearers got to him but the enemy opened fire and they had to leave him. They found his body the next day
- His name is on the Koorooman East Honour Roll
- He was a single man from Koorooman East. The Wightman property was on the Inlet Road
- 25/7/17 James Sutherland, solicitor, of Leongatha wrote for a death certificate
In the same letter he asked for a certificate for Pt. Edmund Percival Turner
- His effects consisted of a pocket case, post cards, badges, style pen, handkerchief, school of instruction certificates
- Mrs. Wightman was asked if she was the correct person to get Mitchell’s medals. H Wightman wrote on behalf of his mother stating that she is the correct person as his father is deceased. She received the medals in August 1922
- 15/4/17 Mrs. Wightman, mother aged 84, was granted a pension of 2 pounds per fortnight from
- He left his estate to his sister Annie Caroline Wightman. His mother should receive a payment from the estate for her life. The will was made by James Sutherland
- He had a nephew named in his honour. Mitchell Wightman died as a POW on Ambon in 1945.