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Cenotaph record

Jack Booth

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Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War II Hall of Memories Panel B_016. Image taken June 2020.

Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War II Hall of Memories Panel B_016. Image taken June 2020.

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Jack AWMM
  • Surname
    Booth AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    25493 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    • Unknown AWMM C/o Stevenson, Te Karaka, East Coast, New Zealand AWMM
    • Unknown AWMM C/o Stevenson, Te Karaka, East Coast, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    • Mr F.W. Booth (brother), 45 Grove Hill Avenue, Beeston, Leeds, England AWMM
    • Mr F.W. Booth (brother), 45 Grove Hill Avenue, Beeston, Leeds, England AWMM
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

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Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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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
    Killed on Active Service, Cause of Death AWMM

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Jack Booth was the son of Samuel Booth and of Alice Booth (nee Mills), of Bradford, Yorkshire, England.

    He was drowned off Tobruk in the sinking of the Chakdina AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    5 December 1941 AWMM
    Age 36 AWMM
    at sea AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Killed on Active Service AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Memorial name
    • Alamein Memorial, El Alamein War Cemetery, Egypt AWMM
    • Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 2 Hall of Memories AWMM

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Sources

Sources

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  • External links
  • References
    • Cooke, P. (2001). Defending New Zealand: ramparts on the sea 1840-1950s. Wellington, N.Z.: Defence of New Zealand Study Group. AWMM
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1941). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 3 (Embarkations from 1st July, 1940 to 31st March, 1941). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      WW2 3: WW2 47 AWMM
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1941). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 4 (Embarkations from 1st April, 1941 to 30 June, 1941). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      WW2 4: WW2 36 AWMM
    • Auckland Museum. Roll of Honour, Auckland Province, 1939 - 1945. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS 93/139. AWMM
    • Nominal rolls - Embarkation rolls B-force 8th infantry brigade group [New Zealand Military Forces - "B" Force - Embarkation Roll]. Archives New Zealand, Wellington, AAYS 8638 AD1/1421 (R22440171) AWMM
    • Gillespie, O. (1952). The Pacific. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. AWMM

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