Rifleman

Alfred Benjamin Booker

MM

Awards

Conflict: 
WW1
Additional Information: 

Son of Benjamin and Caroline Booker, of Westown, New Plymouth, New Zealand.

References:
  • CWGC
  • Archives New Zealand
NZ WAR GRAVES

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Personal Tributes:

Casualty

Service Number: 
23/77
Name:
Alfred Benjamin Booker
Rank: 
Rifleman
Date of Birth:
06 August 1895
Place of Birth: 
Mangatoki, Taranaki, New Zealand
Next of Kin: 
Mrs Carrie Booker (mother), Mangatoki, Eltham, New Zealand
Date of Enlistment:
Not known
Enlistment Address: 
Mr T. J. Wills, Kaponga, New Zealand
Occupation on Enlistment:
Farm labourer
Armed Force: 
Army
Unit:
3 New Zealand (Rifle) Brigade, 1 Battalion

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:
Died of wounds
Date of Death:
31 October 1917
Day of Death:
Wednesday
Age at Death: 
22
Conflict: 
WW1

Embarkation Details

Embarkation Body:
Advance Party, 1st New Zealand Rifle Brigade
Embarkment Date:
18 September 1915
Transport:
HMNZT 29
Vessel:
Waitemata
Destination:
Suez, Egypt (26 October 1915)

Text in italics supplied by Cenotaph Online, Auckland War Memorial Museum

Cemetery

Cemetery Reference: 
A. 1. 12.
Cemetery Location: 
United Kingdom
Alfred Benjamin Booker
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