Pre-enlistment studio portrait of Lieutenant (Lt) John Lionel Calvert Booth, 12th Battalion, of ...

Accession Number H15777
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Print silver gelatin
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

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Description

Pre-enlistment studio portrait of Lieutenant (Lt) John Lionel Calvert Booth, 12th Battalion, of Wagin, WA. A farmer prior to enlistment, Lt Booth embarked n from Fremantle on HMAT Medic on 2nd November 1914. He died at sea of wounds received in action at Gallipoli on 1st April 1915 and is commemorated on the Lone Pine Memorial.

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