BOYS, Frederick (Hope)
| Service Number: | 771 |
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| Enlisted: | 18 August 1914 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 7th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Bendigo, Victoria, Australia, June 1895 |
| Home Town: | Bendigo, Greater Bendigo, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Bendigo Central School No.1976, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Linesman |
| Memorials: | Bendigo Central School Honor Roll, Bendigo Great War Roll of Honor, Eudunda and District WW1 Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 18 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 771, 7th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 19 Oct 1914: | Involvement Private, 771, 7th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: '' | |
| 19 Oct 1914: | Embarked Private, 771, 7th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Melbourne | |
| 25 Apr 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 771, 7th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli | |
| 8 May 1915: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 771, 7th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, GSW to left thigh and abdomen sustained at 2nd Krithia. Transferred to hospital in England, then to Australia. | |
| 22 Aug 1916: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 771, 7th Infantry Battalion, Medically unfit due to wounds sustained. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Larna Malone
Frederick Hope Boys was born in Bendigo, the son of Frederick & Margaret Elizabeth Boys, of Hope Street, Bendigo. He was a linesman with the Electric Supply Company, and had previously worked in the coach building factory of Mr. J. Donnellan. He was 19 years & 2 months old, with no previous military service, when he volunteered for the Expeditionary Force. He was amongst the early volunteers for the Expeditionary Force, enlisting on 18.8.14. The following day he left Bendigo for the Broadmeadows Camp. He was allotted Service no. 771 and appointed to ‘G’ Company, 7th Battalion.
The 7th Battalion left Broadmeadows Camp on 18 October, 1914, and embarked for service overseas on board HMAT ‘Hororata’. Arriving in Egypt the battalion moved into camp at Mena, at the foot of the pyramids. (6/12/14)
In January, 1915, the Australian force was re-organized. In the 7th Battalion ‘G’ and ‘H’ Companies joined to form the new ‘D’ Company. This meant that all the men from Northern Victoria were together in one Company.
The 7th Battalion was part of the force which landed at Anzac Cove on 25th April, 1915.
In May, Lieut.-General Sir W.R. Birdwood, in command of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps, was asked to provide part of the Australian force to assist in a British offensive at Cape Helles. The 2nd Australian Brigade, which included the 7th Battalion, was one of two brigades provided. The 7th Battalion left Anzac and disembarked at ‘V’ Beach, Cape Helles, on May 6th. The battalion moved forward on May 8th in what was later known as the “2nd Battle of Krithia” (8-11 May). This battle achieved minimal gain and casualties were extremely high.
Frederick Hope Boys was Wounded during the 2nd Battle of Krithia”, sustaining Bullet Wounds to his left thigh & abdomen. He RTA M.U. on 19/3/16
“The First Lot. 7th Battalion. The first men of the Bendigo district to volunteer for service in the First World War.”: Larna Malone
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