Place of birth | Ascot Vale, Victoria |
School | Footscray North State School, Victoria |
Religion | Church of England |
Occupation | Engineer |
Address | 'Glasford', Stirling Street, Footscray, Melbourne, Victoria |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 24 |
Next of kin | Father, Robert Booth, 'Glasford' Stirling Street, Footscray, Melbourne, Victoria |
Previous military service | Served as Corporal in the Australian Engineers. |
Enlistment date | |
Rank on enlistment | 2nd Lieutenant |
Unit name | 29th Battalion, C Company |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/46/1 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A11 Ascanius on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Captain |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 29th Battalion |
Other details from Roll of Honour Circular | On 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. |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Place of death or wounding | Beaumetz, France |
Date of death | |
Age at death | 24.5 |
Age at death from cemetery records | 24 |
Place of burial | Beaumetz 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 |