Martin BOYSEN

BOYSEN, Martin

    Service Number: 1629
    Enlisted: 3 January 1916, Blackboy Hill, WA
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1)
    Born: Chewton, Victoria, Australia, 1874
    Home Town: Kalgoorlie, Kalgoorlie/Boulder, Western Australia
    Schooling: Chewton State School, Victoria, Australia
    Occupation: Labourer

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    World War 1 Service

    3 Jan 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1629, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1), Blackboy Hill, WA
    17 Apr 1916: Involvement Private, 1629, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: ''
    17 Apr 1916: Embarked Private, 1629, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Aeneas, Fremantle
    27 Aug 1916: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1629, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1), Mouquet Farm
    2 Apr 1917: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1629, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1), The Outpost Villages - German Withdrawal to Hindenburg Line, Noreuil
    7 Jun 1917: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1629, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1), Battle of Messines
    26 Sep 1917: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1629, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1), Polygon Wood
    24 Apr 1918: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1629, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1), Villers-Bretonneux, GSW to right foot and left eye. Evacuated to hospital (France). Rejoined unit 20 May 1918.
    8 Aug 1918: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1629, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1), The Battle of Amiens
    7 Feb 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 1629, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1), RTA 19 October 1918 and discharged as MU (age and effort syndrome).

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