BOOKLESS, William Ernest
| Service Number: | 4555 |
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| Enlisted: | 16 August 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 45th Infantry Battalion (WW1) |
| Born: | Homerton, Northern London, England , April 1894 |
| Home Town: | West Wallsend, Lake Macquarie Shire, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Heart attack during mine work, Brown Street, West Wallsend, N.S.W., 29 July 1940 |
| Cemetery: |
West Wallsend General Cemetery, NSW GENERAL-OLD SECTION 3. Row S. Plot 33. |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 16 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4555, 1st Infantry Battalion | |
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| 15 Jan 1916: | Involvement Private, 4555, 1st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: RMS Osterley embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
| 15 Jan 1916: | Embarked Private, 4555, 1st Infantry Battalion, RMS Osterley, Sydney | |
| 16 Mar 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 45th Infantry Battalion (WW1) | |
| 28 Jul 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 45th Infantry Battalion (WW1) | |
| 12 Oct 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 4555, 45th Infantry Battalion (WW1), 1st Passchendaele, GSW to right knee | |
| 17 Apr 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Corporal, 4555, 45th Infantry Battalion (WW1), 2nd MD, medically unfit | |
| 7 Sep 1919: | Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 45th Infantry Battalion (WW1) |
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From Gary Mitchell
Served during The Great War, resting at West Wallsend Cemetery.
Corporal William Ernest Bookless, 45th Battalion (Reg No-4555), labourer or miner from Eare Street, West Wallsend, New South Wales and Brown Street, West Wallsend, N.S.W., father of one (Billie or Billy), was laid to rest at West Wallsend Cemetery on the 31st July 1940, age 46. GENERAL-OLD SECTION 3. Row S. Plot 33.
Born at Homerton, Northern London, England about 1894 to Henry John and Eleanor Bookless of 18 Heigham Road, Eastham, London, England; husband of Hannah nee? (married? died?), William enlisted August 1915 with the 1st Battalion at Newcastle, N.S.W.
Admitted to hospital 4.12.1916 (trench feet), 19.7.1918 (otitis media - middle ear infection), 23.9.1918 (abrasion left knee, abscess, severe).
Wounded in action - 12.10.1917 (GSW right knee, Battle of Passchendaele).
William was invalided home February 1919, being discharged medically unfit on the 17th April 1919.
Mr. Bookless’s name has been inscribed on the Holmesville Community WW1 Honour Roll and the West Wallsend and District Soldier's Memorial.
I have placed poppies at the gravesite in remembrance of William’s service and sacrifice for God, King & Country.
Many thanks to Smith Dick for the notification and database of those resting at West Wallsend General Cemetery.
Contact with descendants would be greatly appreciated.
Lest We Forget.
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