Cecil Frank Booth

Forenames

Cecil Frank AWMM

Surname

Booth AWMM

Service number

WWI 21485 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Religion

Church of England, Christian AWMM

Birth

7 Apr 1887 AWMM

Birth notes

Son of James Charles & Mary Hinton BOOTH

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 13 June 2025 - https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/208291336/cecil-frank-booth

Address before enlistment

WW1 Pre 02 Apr 1916 AWMM Port Albert, North Auckland, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

WW1 Mrs Mary Hinson Booth (mother), Port Albert, North Auckland, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Pre 20 Aug 1916 AWMM Single/WWI AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Campaign

• 1914-1919 AWMM Western Front AWMM
• 1917 AWMM Passchendaele AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 21485 AWMM

Military service

Mounted Rifles, 2 years AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 02 Apr 1916 AWMM
Age  29 AWMM
Farmer/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

WW1 20 Aug 1916-24 Oct 1916 AWMM
HMNZT 63 AWMM Vessel was Navua AWMM Lance Corporal/Military AWMM 7th Reinforcements 4th Battalion, H Company AWMM New Zealand Rifle Brigade AWMM

Medical notes

• Height, Unknown Period AWMM
  5 foot 9.5 inches AWMM
• Weight, Unknown Period AWMM
  168 pounds AWMM
• Hair colour, Unknown Period AWMM
  Dark brown AWMM
• Eye colour, Unknown Period AWMM
  brown AWMM
• Complexion, Unknown Period AWMM
  Fair AWMM
• Died of wounds, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

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

Death

7 Sept 1917 AWMM
Age  30 AWMM

Cause of death

Died of wounds AWMM

Cemetery

Voormezeele Enclosure, West Vlaanderen, Belgium AWMM I. H. 37. AWMM

Memorial name

• Port Albert War Memorial, WW1, Port Albert, Rodney District AWMM
• Wellsford War Memorial Library, Wellsford, New Zealand AWMM
• Roll of Honour, Wellsford War Memorial Library, WW1 & WW2, Wellsford, New Zealand AWMM
• Roll of Honour, Port Albert Public School, Port Albert Hall, Rodney, New Zealand AWMM
• 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/R22277423
  Further Reference
• Albertland & Districts Museum, Memorial Park, Wellsford, New Zealand
  http://www.albertland.co.nz/
  Further Reference
• Passchendaele Society, New Zealand
  http://passchendaelesociety.org/
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/104456/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/104456
  Further Reference
• New Zealand War Graves Trust
  https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/
  Further Reference

References

• Macdonald, L. (1978). Passchendaele : the story of the third Battle of Ypres 1917. London : Penguin Books.
• Harper, G. (2000). Massacre at Passchendaele : the New Zealand story. Auckland, N.Z.: HarperCollins.
• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  38: 37
• Information kindly provided by family
• 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.