Harry Colin BOOTH

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Service Number:	837
Enlisted:	17 July 1915, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	30th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Bourke, New South Wales, 1896
Home Town:	Campsie, Canterbury, New South Wales
Schooling:	Canterbury Public School, New South Wales
Occupation:	Steward
Died:	Died of wounds -multiple shell wounds to arm, chest and abdomen, Morlancourt, France, 19 June 1918
Cemetery:	Vignacourt British Cemetery, Picardie Plot 111, Row E, Grave 16 Rev. P.T. Roberts officiated Headstone inscription reads: One link death cannot sever loving remembrance as lives for ever, Vignacourt British Cemetery, Vignacourt, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

17 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 837, 30th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
9 Nov 1915:	Involvement Private, 837, 30th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Beltana embarkation_ship_number: A72 public_note: ''
9 Nov 1915:	Embarked Private, 837, 30th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Beltana, Sydney
20 Jul 1916:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 837, 30th Infantry Battalion, Shell wound to the right thigh and evacuated to England on 22 July 1916
27 May 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 837, 30th Infantry Battalion, Evacuated to England with wounds to the right hand and right knee

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Son of William Percy and Jesse Maria Booth of Beamish Street, Campsie, NSW

17 July 1915 - father signed a letter of consent for Harry to enlist in the AIF

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