BOOKER, Thomas Eric
(Service number 6/1782)
| First Rank | Private | Last Rank | Private |
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Birth
| Date | 1896 | Place of Birth | Winchester |
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Enlistment Information
| Date | Age | ||
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| Address at Enlistment | Winchester | ||
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| Previous Military Experience | |||
| Marital Status | Single | ||
| Next of Kin | G. Booker (father), Winchester | ||
Military Service
| Served with | NZ Armed Forces | Served in | Army |
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Embarkation Information
| Body on Embarkation | 4th Reinforcements | ||
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| Unit, Squadron, or Ship | Canterbury Infantry Battalion | ||
| Date | 17 April 1915 | ||
| Transport | Willochra or Knight Templar or Waitomo | ||
| Embarked From | Wellington | Destination | Suez, Egypt |
| Other Units Served With | |||
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| Last Unit Served With | Canterbury Infantry Regiment, 1st Battalion | ||
Military Awards
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| Service Medals | 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal; Victory Medal | ||
Award Circumstances and Date
No information
Prisoner of War Information
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| Where Captured and by Whom | |
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| Days Interned | |
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Death
| Date | 8 March 1917 | Age | 20 |
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| Place of Death | France | ||
| Cause | Accidental death on active service | ||
| Memorial or Cemetery | Maple Leaf Cemetery, Comines-Warneton, Hainaut, Belgium | ||
| New Zealand Memorials | On Memorial wall, Timaru; Geraldine War Memorial; Temuka RSA Roll of Honour; Temuka War Memorial; Winchester War Memorial | ||
Biographical Notes
Thomas Booker, born in 1896 at Winchester, was the son of George and Margaret Booker, 120 Winters Rd, Papanui, Chch.
Thomas' parents recieved the 'Dead Man's Penny' commemorative plaque after the war, recognising their son's supreme sacrifice.
Sources
Temuka through the years: an informal history (Temuka History Book Committee, 2009); Cenotaph Sep 2013; SCRoll web submission by W Toohey, 17 November 2018
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Carol Bell, SC branch NZSG & Timaru Herald
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