| Service Number: | 970 |
|---|---|
| Rank: | Private |
| Age: | 22 |
| Religion: | C of E |
| Marriage status: | Single |
| Calling/trade: | Printer |
| Address: |
Nepean-road Cheltenham Victoria Australia |
| Date joined: | 17/08/14 |
| *A.M.F. Unit: | |
| Regiment: | 5th Infantry Battalion |
Embarkation |
|
| Date: | 21/10/14 |
| From: | Melbourne |
| On number: | A3 |
| Name: | Orvieto |
| Nominal Roll No: | 23/22/1 |
| Division | H Company |
Next of Kin |
|
| Name: | C. E. Booker |
| Relationship: | Father |
| Address: | Cheltenham Victoria Australia |
| Before Embarkation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rate per Diem | Date to which paid | ||
| S | D | S | D |
| 5 | 0 | 20/10/14 | |
| After Embarkation | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daily rate, excluding Deferred pay | Allotment in Australia per Diem | Not Rate, not including Allowances or Deferred pay | |||
| S | D | S | D | S | D |
| 5 | 0 | - | 5 | 0 | |
| Daily Rate of Deferred Pay, only Inssuable on Completion of Service with Expeditionary Force | |
|---|---|
| S | D |
| 1 | 0 |
Heather Scale shares the story of her great uncle Private Harold Booker, who sailed on the Orvieto. Like many soldiers, he kept a diary of his service. Great uncle Harold embarked from Melbourne on the HMAT Orvieto on 21 October 1914. He was in H Coy 5th Battallion, 2nd Infantry Brigade that landed on the shores [...]
