| Regimental number | 4448 |
| Place of birth | Otford, Kent, England |
| Religion | Church of England |
| Occupation | Dairy hand |
| Address | Parramatta Road, Burwood, New South Wales |
| Marital status | Married |
| Age at embarkation | 26 |
| Next of kin | Mrs B Booker, Park Dairy, Parraniatta Road, Burwood, New South Wales |
| Enlistment date | |
| Rank on enlistment | Private |
| Unit name | 4th Battalion, 14th Reinforcement |
| AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/21/4 |
| Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A62 Wandilla on |
| Rank from Nominal Roll | Private |
| Unit from Nominal Roll | 4th Battalion |
| Recommendations (Medals and Awards) |
Military Medal 'For greatest courage and devotion to duty at Strazeele on night 16-17 April 1918.' Recommendation date: |
| Other details from Roll of Honour Circular | Enlisted 22 November 1915 and posted to 4th Bn, 14th Reinforcements. Taken on strength, 18 June 1916. Wounded at Pozieres, France, 24 July 1916. Awarded the Military Medal. |
| Fate | Killed in Action |
| Place of death or wounding | Strazeele sector, Belgium |
| Date of death | |
| Age at death | 28.6 |
| Place of burial | No known grave |
| Commemoration details | Australian National Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, France Villers-Bretonneux is a village about 15 km east of Amiens. The Memorial stands on the high ground ('Hill 104') behind the Villers-Bretonneux Military Cemetery, Fouilloy, which is about 2 km north of Villers-Bretonneux on the east side of the road to Fouilloy. The Australian National Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux is approached through the Military Cemetery, at the end of which is an open grass lawn which leads into a three-sided court. The two pavilions on the left and right are linked by the north and south walls to the back (east) wall, from which rises the focal point of the Memorial, a 105 foot tall tower, of fine ashlar. A staircase leads to an observation platform, 64 feet above the ground, from which further staircases lead to an observation room. This room contains a circular stone tablet with bronze pointers indicating the Somme villages whose names have become synonymous with battles of the Great War; other battle fields in France and Belgium in which Australians fought; and far beyond, Gallipoli and Canberra. On the three walls, which are faced with Portland stone, are the names of 10,885 Australians who were killed in France and who have no known grave. The 'blocking course' above them bears the names of the Australian Battle Honours. After the war an appeal in Australia raised £22,700, of which £12,500 came from Victorian school children, with the request that the majority of the funds be used to build a new school in Villers-Bretonneux. The boys' school opened in May 1927, and contains an inscription stating that the school was the gift of Victorian schoolchildren, twelve hundred of whose fathers are buried in the Villers-Bretonneux cemetery, with the names of many more recorded on the Memorial. Villers-Bretonneux is now twinned with Robinvale, Victoria, which has in its main square a memorial to the links between the two towns. |
| Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 39 |
| Medals |
Military Medal 'During the advance of his Company forward of STRAZEELE on night 16th/17th April, 1918, this soldier, whilst stretcher bearer, displayed the greatest courage and devotion to duty in attending to wounded and dressing them in No Man's Land, and carrying them back to our lines under intense rifle and machine gun fire. On one occasion he went out to the German trench and after dressing the wounded man, carried him back to our lines under the heaviest of shell fire. His coolness and determination set a splendid example to the whole company.'
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| Other details |
War service: Western Front Medals: Military Medal, British War Medal, Victory Medal |
Postal Address:
Po Box 7916
Canberra BC 2610, Australia
Street Address:
Northcott Drive,
Campbell, ACT 2600
