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Eric Robert BOOTH

Place of birthAscot Vale, Victoria
SchoolFootscray North State School, Victoria
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationEngineer
Address'Glasford', Stirling Street, Footscray, Melbourne, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation24
Next of kinFather, Robert Booth, 'Glasford' Stirling Street, Footscray, Melbourne, Victoria
Previous military serviceServed as Corporal in the Australian Engineers.
Enlistment date12 January 1915
Rank on enlistment2nd Lieutenant
Unit name29th Battalion, C Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/46/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A11 Ascanius on 10 November 1915
Rank from Nominal RollCaptain
Unit from Nominal Roll29th Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularOn service at Queenscliff, July 1914 - March 1915. Enlisted at Broadmeadows with the rank of Sergeant in the 29th Bn. Secured a commission as 2nd Lieutenant, and sailed for service abroad in November 1915.
FateKilled in Action 23 March 1917
Place of death or woundingBeaumetz, France
Date of death23 March 1917
Age at death24.5
Age at death from cemetery records24
Place of burialBeaumetz Cross Roads Cemetery (Row B, Grave No. 43), Beaumetz-les-Cambrai, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
150
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Robert and Christiane Isabella BOOTH, 29 Stirling Street, Footscray, Victoria
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

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