Alfred Benjamin BOOKER

Regimental number23/77
Date of birth6 August 1895
Place of birthMangatoki, Eltham, Taranaki
AddressMr T J Wills, Kaponga
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation20
Next of kinMother, Mrs Carrie Booker, Mangatoki, Eltham, Taranaki
Enlistment date28 May 1915
Rank on embarkationRifleman
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 1st New Zealand Rifle Brigade, Advance Party, A Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 29 Waitemata on 18 September 1915
Final rankRifleman
Final unit1st Battalion, New Zealand Rifle Brigade
FateDied of wounds 31 October 1917
Age at death from cemetery records22
Place of burialSt Nicholas' Churchyard (Plot A, Row 1, Grave No 12), Brockenhurst, Hampshire, England
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Benjamin and Caroline Booker, Westown, New Plymouth
Medals

Military Medal

'For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty as a stretcher bearer during the operations against Passchendaele Ridge on 12th and 13th October 1917. This Rifleman tended and carried in wounded day and night without rest and with utter disregard for the enemy snipers, machine gun fire, and shelling. With the utmost bravery and cheerfulness he went again and again into the fire-swept zone, thereby saving many lives. He was eventually severely wounded.'
Source: 'London Gazette'
Date: 28 January 1918

Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Medals: Military Medal, 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: A Company/Adv Party of 1st NZRB