Edward James (Ted) BOOTS MM

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BOOTS, Edward James

Service Number:	2745
Enlisted:	13 September 1915, Sydney, New South Wales
Last Rank:	Second Corporal
Last Unit:	7th Field Company Engineers
Born:	St Marys, Penrith, New South Wales, 25 June 1893
Home Town:	Penrith, Penrith Municipality, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Driver
Died:	Natural causes, Penrith, New South Wales, 12 March 1966, aged 72 years
Cemetery:	Penrith General Cemetery, New South Wales, Australia Methodist section
Memorials:

World War 1 Service

13 Sep 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2745, Sydney, New South Wales
22 Dec 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Driver, 2745, 7th Field Company Engineers, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Suffolk embarkation_ship_number: A23 public_note: ''
22 Dec 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Driver, 2745, 7th Field Company Engineers, HMAT Suffolk, Sydney
9 Jun 1918:	Honoured Military Medal, Merris (France)
9 Jun 1918:	Involvement AIF WW1, Second Corporal, 2745, 7th Field Company Engineers, Merris (France)

Uncle Ted

Edward Boots was stationed on the Western front from March 1916 to March 1919 and he was awarded "The Military Medal" for bravery.

This the the recommendation from his CO:

"On the night of 8th/9th June 1918 prior to the attack on enemy trenches in the SAILLY LAURETTE - MORLANCOURT sector, 2nd Corporal BOOTS was the mounted N.C.O in charge of a convoy of 6 wagons transporting engineer stores to forward dumps. The whole of the route for the last 2.5 miles was subjected to exceedingly heavy harassing shell-fire and many parts came under prolonged bursts of indirect machine gun fire. In the face of this fire, 2nd Corporal BOOTS led his convoy over a track ill-defined and rough which was difficult enough to follow in the dark without the distraction of constant shell fire. By his cool and gallant conduct 2nd Corporal BOOTS so encouraged and assisted the drivers of his convoy that his stores were duly delivered all correct within 500 yards of the front. While on the route one horse of a pontoon team was wounded and a limber team of another convoy nearby was blown up".

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