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BOOKER, Harold Victor
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 4448 |
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| Enlisted: | 22 November 1915, Enlisted at Casula, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 4th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Sevenoaks, Kent, England, United Kingdom, 1890 |
| Home Town: | Burwood, Burwood, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Dairy Farmer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Strazeele sector, France, 30 April 1918 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Burwood Memorial Arch, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 22 Nov 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4448, Enlisted at Casula, NSW | |
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| 3 Feb 1916: | Involvement Private, 4448, 4th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Wandilla embarkation_ship_number: A62 public_note: '' | |
| 3 Feb 1916: | Embarked Private, 4448, 4th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Wandilla, Sydney | |
| 24 Jul 1916: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 4448, Shrapnel wounds to the feet and evacuated to England on the 29 July 1916 | |
| 13 Aug 1918: | Honoured Military Medal, Recommended on 25 April 1918 - For greatest courage and devotion to duty at Strazeele on night 16-17 April 1918. Citation reads: During the advance of his Company forward of Strazele on night 16th/17th April, 1918, this soldier, whilst stretcher bearer, displayed the greatest courage and devotion to duty in attending to wounded and dressing them in No Man's Land, and carrying them back to our lines under intense rifle and machine gun fire. On one occasion he went out to the German trench and after dressing the wounded man, carried him back to our lines under the heaviest of shell fire. His coolness and determination set a splendid example to the whole company. Commonwealth of Australia Gazette - 12 December 1918 on page 2350 at position 13 London Gazette - 6 August 1918 on page 9255 at position 14 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Husband of Bertha Booker of Park Dairy, Parramatta Road, Burwood, NSW. Last known address was Weld Street, Beaconsfield, Tasmania in 1923
Medals: Military Medal, British War Medal, Victory Medal