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Harry Booth

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Gravestone at Ngaruawahia Public Cemetery for 73325 Harry Booth. No Known Copyright.

Gravestone at Ngaruawahia Public Cemetery for 73325 Harry Booth. No Known Copyright.

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Harry AWMM
  • Surname
    Booth AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 73325 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    • 1 January 1894 Public Source
    • 24 January 1894 Public Source
  • Date of birth
    • 1 January 1894 Public - Vanessa - Other relative - 7 March 2016 - NZSG Index and Ancestry
    • 24 January 1894 Public - Judi - Other relative - 30 September 2016 - NZ BDM 1919/53
  • Place of birth
    Hamilton, Waikato, New Zealand Public - Vanessa - Other relative - 7 March 2016 - NZSG Index and Ancestry
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs M. Booth (mother), Ngaruawahia, Waikato, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 73325 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW1 Unknown AWMM Carter/Civilian AWMM
  • Occupation before enlistment
    Baker Public - Vanessa - Other relative - 7 March 2016 - Ancestry
  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number

Medical history

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  • Medical notes
    • Died of Disease, Cause of Death AWMM
      Acute meningitis AWMM
    • 8 October 2018 AWMMHospital Diseases , Wounds, WWI AWMM
      Loss eye : pug nose. Treated at The Queen's Hospital "Frognal", Sidcup. AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Harry Booth was the son of John and Mary Booth, of Ngaruawahia. Served on the Western Front, 1918. AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    9 December 1919 AWMM
    Age 25 AWMM
    AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
    Military Hospital, Dunedin, New Zealand Public - Judi - Other relative - 30 September 2016 - Death Notice - Waikato Times, Volume 91, Issue 14237, 11 December 1919
  • Cause of death
    • Died of Disease AWMM
    • Acute Meningitis Public - Judi - Other relative - 30 September 2016 - Burial records - http://www.nzhistory.net./page/ngaruawahia-public-cemetery
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Ngaruawahia Cemetery, Ngaruawahia, Waikato District, New Zealand AWMM Section 493. AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
    Row G. Block 4. Plot 493N Public - Judi - Other relative - 30 September 2016 - https://www.waikatodistrict.govt.nz/services-facilities/cemeteries/cemeteries-database/allotment/14352
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
    Headstone Inscription: In Loving Memory of No 73325 Rifleman Harry beloved son of the late Mary and Public - Judi - Other relative - 30 September 2016 - https://www.waikatodistrict.govt.nz/services-facilities/cemeteries/cemeteries-database/allotment/14352
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Memorial name
    • Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM
    • Ngaruawahia Town School - Roll of Honour 1914-1920 Public - Elli - Researcher - 9 August 2020 - Book: 'Ngaruawahia Primary, 125, 1869-1994' (History of Ngaruawahia Primary School, p28; published 1994)

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Sources

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Contributors

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DateFirst namesLocationRelationshipContact
09 August 2020ElliWellington, NZResearcher
30 September 2016JudiAustraliaOther relative
07 March 2016VanessaTararua, New ZealandOther relative

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