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William Thomas BOOTH

Regimental number341
Place of birthForbes New South Wales
SchoolCorrimal Public School, New South Wales
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationCoal miner
AddressJames Street, Carrimal, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation25
Next of kinMother, Mrs Martha Ann Booth, James Street, Carrimal, New South Wales
Previous military serviceServed in the St George's Rifles (Corrimal) and the Wollong Artillery, Citizen Military Forces.
Enlistment date6 April 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name20th Battalion, A Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/37/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A35 Berrima on 25 June 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll20th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 16 November 1915
Place of death or woundingShrapnel Gully, Gallipoli, Turkey
Date of death16 November 1915
Age at death25
Place of burialShrapnel Valley Cemetery (Plot II, row D, grave No. 38), Anzac, Gallipoli
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
90
Family/military connectionsBrother: 688 Pte James Edward BOOTH, 1st Bn, killed in action, Gallipoli, 25 April 1915.
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

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

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