Henry Richard BOOTH

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Service Number:	VX33851
Enlisted:	22 June 1940
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	Not yet discovered
Born:	Dublin, Ireland., 9 June 1910
Home Town:	Moonee Ponds, Moonee Valley, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Beri Beri whilst a prisoner of the Japanese, , Burma (Myanmar), 22 September 1943, aged 33 years
Cemetery:	Thanbyuzayat War Cemetery, (Burma) Plot A9, Row A, Grave 7. Personal Inscription: -"GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS THAT HE LAY DOWN HIS LIFE".
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Yarragon War Memorial

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Private, VX33851
22 Jun 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, VX33851

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