Veteran Notes/Bio
- Listed Bungendore War Memorial Hall WW1 ROH (1917) and Bygone Queanbeyan but not specifically as "Bungendore".
- “MAPPING ANZACS”: Service Number: Depot 39501(5DAC)/ 64681(GSR);POB: Yass,NSW; POE: Sydney(Postal Address "Gidleigh",Bungendore);NOK: Father: William Bootes (Tumbolong,NSW).
- AWM Nominal Roll: Service No:681 :Rank:Private Age:30 10/12 ; Occupation: School Teacher ;Unit: 7th GSR ; DOE:16.06.1918 ; RTA: 26.07.1919.
- AWM Embarkation Roll: No record found and probably explains why he is not listed on the AIF Project Database.
- NAA FILE: Originally enlisted as Gunner 10.10.1916.Transferred to 5 DAC 11 reenforcements as Driver 1.12.1916 but discharged as MUF 1.2.1917.Has operation for Hernia and then re-enlists 23.07.1918 as Private and reassigned as Trooper General Service Re-enforcements (GSR) .20.8.1918.Embarked HMAT Malta 16.10.1918.asd 7th Re-enforcements (Egypt)Disembarked Suez 22.11.1918 and becomes a patient in hospital(Influnenza) and susequently RTA as "unattached".RTA HMAT Burma and discharged 1616.09.1919. Living near Lismore in 1936.
- One of the 14 "Gidleigh" Diggers.See entries for HF and TLF Rutledge.