John Benjamin BOORER

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Service Number:	3067
Enlisted:	25 May 1916, Broadmeadow, New South Wales
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	30th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Barrington, New South Wales, 16 May 1896
Home Town:	Coolongolook, Great Lakes, New South Wales
Schooling:	Barrington Public School
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 14 June 1918, aged 22 years
Cemetery:	Dive Copse British Cemetery, Sailly-le-Sec Plot 111, Row B, Grave 12, Dive Copse British Cemetery, Sailly-le-Sec, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Coolongolook & District Honour Roll

25 May 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, SN 3067, Broadmeadow, New South Wales
17 Oct 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, SN 3067, 1st Pioneer Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1
17 Oct 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, SN 3067, 1st Pioneer Battalion, HMAT Borda, Sydney
1 Nov 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 30th Infantry Battalion
14 Jun 1918:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, SN 3067, 30th Infantry Battalion, Merris (France)

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1 Pioneer Battalion

Rank- Private

9 January 1917 Disembarked at Plymouth

22 October 1917 Proceeded to France

27 October 1917 Marched in to unit

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

Son of Wiliam and Amanda Mulvinnia Boorer , Coolangalook, via Nabiac, New South Wales. Amanda later remarried and was known as Amanda Shelton

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