Booth, John (Private, b.? - d.1917) Accession Number: 1DRL/0134

Description

Collection relating to service of 164 Private John Booth, 20 Battalion and 5 Machine Gun Company, Gallipoli, 1915. Collection includes memoir of service on Gallipoli. Memoir typed from unknown original. Original composed February 1917. Location of original unknown.

Contextual Description

Biographical note: 164 Private John Booth, 20 Battalion. Killed in Action, Belgium, 9 October 1917. Age 30. Son of John and Ada Booth, of 54 Glassap St., Balmain, Sydney.

Details

Accession Number
1DRL/0134
Maker
Private John Booth
Classification
Private Record
Object Type
Papers
Measurement
Archived measurement
Date Made
1915
Place Made
Whole/Part
Collection
Item Count
1
Access
Open
Copying Provisions
Copyright expired. Copying permitted subject to physical condition. Permission for reproduction not required.
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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