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W C Bootes

Commemorated at
Given name
William Charles
Family name
Bootes
Service number
39501 64681
Additional information
Gender
M
Rank (legacy)
Driver /Private
Unit at embarkation
7th General Service Re-enforcements ( Egypt)
Service (legacy)
Army
Conflicts
World War 1
Campaign (legacy)
Sinai-Palestine
Veteran Notes/Bio
  1. Listed Bungendore War Memorial Hall WW1 ROH (1917) and Bygone Queanbeyan but not specifically as "Bungendore".
  2. “MAPPING ANZACS”: Service Number: Depot 39501(5DAC)/ 64681(GSR);POB: Yass,NSW; POE: Sydney(Postal Address "Gidleigh",Bungendore);NOK: Father: William Bootes (Tumbolong,NSW).
  3. AWM Nominal Roll: Service No:681 :Rank:Private Age:30 10/12 ; Occupation: School Teacher ;Unit: 7th GSR ; DOE:16.06.1918 ; RTA: 26.07.1919.
  4. AWM Embarkation Roll: No record found and probably explains why he is not listed on the AIF Project Database.
  5. NAA FILE: Originally enlisted as Gunner 10.10.1916.Transferred to 5 DAC 11 reenforcements as Driver 1.12.1916 but discharged as MUF 1.2.1917.Has operation for Hernia and then re-enlists 23.07.1918 as Private and reassigned as Trooper General Service Re-enforcements (GSR) .20.8.1918.Embarked HMAT Malta 16.10.1918.asd 7th Re-enforcements (Egypt)Disembarked Suez 22.11.1918 and becomes a patient in hospital(Influnenza) and susequently RTA as "unattached".RTA HMAT Burma and discharged 1616.09.1919. Living near Lismore in 1936.
  6. One of the 14 "Gidleigh" Diggers.See entries for HF and TLF Rutledge.

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