Leo William BOOTH

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Service Numbers:	152, 2302
Enlisted:	17 August 1914, Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Sapper
Last Unit:	Railway Unit (AIF)
Born:	Crossover, Victoria, 5 December 1894
Home Town:	Clifton Hill, Yarra, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Locomotive Engine Cleaner
Died:	Natural causes, Rutherglen, Victoria, 23 June 1953, aged 58 years
Cemetery:	Carlyle-Rutherglen Public Cemetery
Memorials:

17 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 152, 6th Infantry Battalion, Melbourne, Victoria
19 Oct 1914:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 152, 6th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: ''
19 Oct 1914:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 152, 6th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Melbourne
25 Apr 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 152, 6th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli
25 Apr 1915:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 152, 6th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Remaining on duty
1 May 1915:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 152, 6th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, 2nd occasion - GSW (right thigh)
21 Jan 1917:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 152, 6th Infantry Battalion, Medical discharge
19 Oct 1917:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2302, Railway Unit (AIF), 2nd tour
9 Nov 1917:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2302, Railway Unit (AIF), HMAT Port Sydney, Melbourne
9 Nov 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2302, Railway Unit (AIF), Enlistment/Embarkation WW1
10 Sep 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Sapper, 2302, Railway Unit (AIF)

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Enlisted 17 Aug 1914 - SERN: 152 - 6th Batt. - Seriously wounded at Gallipoli - returned to Australia and medically discharged 21 Jan 1917

Re-enlisted 19 Oct 1917 - SERN: 2302 - 2nd Australian Light Railway Operating Coy.

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