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BOOTH, Reginald Nathaniel
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 205 |
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| Enlisted: | 30 March 1915, Enlisted at Melbourne |
| Last Rank: | Sapper |
| Last Unit: | 5th Field Company Engineers |
| Born: | Larbet, New South Wales, Australia, 18 January 1882 |
| Home Town: | Gooroolba, North Burnett, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Carpenter |
| Died: | Illness-Nephritis, Australia, 1 April 1918, aged 36 years |
| Cemetery: |
Taabinga Lawn Cemetery, Kingaroy, Qld Protestant Section 1, Row 2, Grave 92 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Gooroolba War Memorial, Kingaroy RSL Roll of Honour, Kingaroy Stone of Remembrance |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 30 Mar 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Driver, SN 205, 1st Royal Australian Naval Bridging Train, Enlisted at Melbourne | |
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| 4 Jun 1915: | Involvement SN 205, 1st Royal Australian Naval Bridging Train | |
| 4 Jun 1915: | Embarked SN 205, 1st Royal Australian Naval Bridging Train, HMAT Port Macquarie, Melbourne | |
| 10 Mar 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Sapper, 5th Field Company Engineers, Transferred from 1 Royal Australian Naval Bridging Team to the 5th Company Engineers | |
| 15 Nov 1916: | Discharged AIF WW1, SN 205, 5th Field Company Engineers, Discharged at 1st Military District | |
| 1 Apr 1918: | Involvement Sapper, SN 205, 5th Field Company Engineers |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Mr. J.R. and Mrs S.E. Booth of Wooroolin, Kingaroy Line, QLD; brother of Norman Henry Booth of Thornlands, QLD
18 April 1916 - to hospital suffering from Nephritis
23 May 1916 - transferred to England - Nephritis
31 August 1916 - left England on board H.T. Marana for Australia for Discharged as Medically unfit (Nephritis)
Also served 6 years in the Merchant Service with the rank of Able Seaman Stoker
He was a good rider and could drive four in hand and had a slight knowledge of French
His last employer was T. Sloane the Head of Gang 9, Telegraph Gang, Maryborough
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