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BOOKER, Frank
| Service Number: | 3505 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 57th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Everton, Liverpool, England, United Kingdom, 1879 |
| Home Town: | Kyabram, Campaspe, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | 1 October 1939, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Wallaroo Cemetery, S.A. |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 21 Jun 1917: | Involvement Private, 3505, 57th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '20' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Suevic embarkation_ship_number: A29 public_note: '' | |
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| 21 Jun 1917: | Embarked Private, 3505, 57th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Suevic, Melbourne |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
Address-Kybram, Victoria
Age at embarkation 37
Next of kin
Cousin, William Booker, Fire Brigade, Adelaide, South Australia
Enlistment date 19 February 1917
57th Battalion, 9th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number 23/74/4
Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A29 Suevic on 21 June 1917
Unit from Nominal Roll 57th Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour Circular
'My husband twice enlisted in the Great War - first as 'Frank Harris' stating his age two years older. He signed on in Sydney N.S.W. in 1915 after being gassed in France & somewhat recovered, he was returned to Sydney 1916 & signed off War Service in Sydney as medically better. His second enlistment was from Melbourne 1917, which particulars you no doubt hold.' (details from wife, August 1941)
Returned to Australia 10 January 1918
Parents: John Ireland and Lily Grey BOOKER; Wife: Alice BOOKER
War service: Western Front
Age at death 60.5
Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
Births Jun 1879 BOOKER Frank W. Derby 8b 381
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