Volunteers of Essendon and Flemington, 1914-1918
Lieutenant Stanley Booley with his English bride, Louise Lamber, 1919. Source: Ancestry.
Booley S Pte 823 Stanley 14 Inf Bn 23 Labourer Single Meth
Address: Nyang
Next of Kin: Booley, Mrs, Mother, PO Nyang
Enlisted: 14 Sep 1914
Embarked: A38 Ulysses 22 Dec 1914
Relatives on Active Service
James Booley, of Nyang, brother, KIA Gallipoli
Fred Janes, cousin, KIA
Stanley was born in Warracknabeal, and was recorded in the 1914 Electoral Roll at Rainbow, working as a wheelwright. There is no obvious connection to the local area in his file, but on the same page on his embarkation roll was a local man named Clive Nathaniel Buckler, of Gladstone St, Moonee Ponds. It appears likely that Buckler took Booley along to the farewell at the Essendon Town Hall (see link below). Having Booley's name included in the list published in the Essendon Gazette assured that his name was also include on the Essendon Town Hall board and the Essendon Gazette Roll of Honour.
War Service Commemorated
Essendon Town Hall A-F
Soldiers Entertained
Essendon Gazette Roll of Honour With the Colours
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