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Originally Posted by Andrew Jackson
I think this is very unfair of you, Walter. William Mozart Booth joined up voluntarily as early in the war as 8th September 1914. I guess that your comment is based on the fact that he was discharged on 18th October for 'not likely to become an efficient soldier'. In fact, the specific reason for his discharge was that he was medically unfit (no teeth). His character for the short time of his military service was described as 'very good'. As regards the story that he was gassed, I suppose that neither you nor I can know for sure that he didn't re-enlist, perhaps even under an alias.
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I have already pm'd the enquirer with the details of Booths file. It makes no mention of his having no teeth, and that is no reason for discharge. The only thing I can suggest is you stick to sorting out the dozens of errors in the tripe you call a web site, especially the war memorial errors. When is the penny going to drop that there are 5 men named twice on the Accy memorial, and that one man on there survived.
Retlaw