John Lionel Calvert BOOTH

BOOTH, John Lionel Calvert

Service Number: Officer
Enlisted: 31 August 1914, Perth, Western Australia
Last Rank: Lieutenant
Last Unit: 12th Infantry Battalion
Born: England, 23 August 1879
Home Town: Gnowangerup, Gnowangerup, Western Australia
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Farmer
Died: Died of wounds, Gallipoli, 1 May 1915, aged 35 years
Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Buried at Sea -
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Gnowangerup War Memorial, Lindisfarne Officers of the 12th Battalion Pictorial Honour Roll, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing, Wagga Wagga Experiment Farm Great War Roll of Honour
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World War 1 Service

31 Aug 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, Officer, Perth, Western Australia
2 Nov 1914: Involvement AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 12th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Medic embarkation_ship_number: A7 public_note: ''
2 Nov 1914: Embarked AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 12th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Medic, Fremantle
25 Apr 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 12th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli

Scouting Connection

John was a Scoutmaster with an unknown Australian Scout Troop. He is remembered on the UK Scout Association's First World War Roll of Honour https://heritage.scouts.org.uk/exhibitions/scouting-in-the-first-world-war/

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Biography contributed by John Edwards

"...Lieutenant John Lionel Calvert Booth, 12th Battalion, of Wagin, WA. A farmer prior to enlistment, Lt Booth embarked n from Fremantle on HMAT Medic on 2nd November 1914. He died at sea of wounds received in action at Gallipoli on 1st April 1915 and is commemorated on the Lone Pine Memorial." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)