Atwood Wigzell Booth

Forenames

Atwood Wigzell AWMM

Surname

Booth AWMM

Also known as

Attwood Wigzell Booth AWMM

Service number

WWI 24/1342 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Address before enlistment

Unknown AWMM Umumuri, Ohakune, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

George Booth (father), Maple Bay Post-office, Duncan, Vancouver Island, Canada AWMM

Relationship status

Pre 13 Nov 1915 AWMM Single AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Campaign

Battle of the Somme AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 24/1342 AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 Unknown AWMM

Embarkation details

WW1 13 Nov 1915 AWMM
HMNZT 35 or HMNZT 36 AWMM Vessel was Willochra or Tofua AWMM Sergeant AWMM F Company AWMM 2nd Reinforcements to 2nd Battalion, New Zealand Rifle Brigade AWMM

Medical notes

Died of wounds, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Corporal/Military AWMM
New Zealand Rifle Brigade, 2nd Battalion, A Company AWMM

Attwood Booth was the son George and Louisa Hodges Booth, of Maple Bay, Duncan, Vancouver Island, British Columbia. Native of Liverpool, England.

Next of Kin: Mr G. Booth, Duncan, Vancouver, B. C. (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 1)) AWMM

Death

20 Sept 1916 AWMM
Age  35 AWMM

Cause of death

Died of wounds AWMM

Cemetery

Millencourt Communal Cemetery Extension, Somme, France AWMM D. 2. AWMM

Memorial name

Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM

Related objects

External links

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R22277419
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/43793/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/43793
  Further Reference

References

• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  Page No: 65
• Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2.
• Austin, W. (1924). The official history of the New Zealand Rifle Brigade (The Earl of Liverpool's Own). Wellington, N.Z.: L T Watkins.