BOYD, George Finlayson
| Service Number: | 10338 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Gunner |
| Last Unit: | 2nd Field Artillery Brigade |
| Born: | Arbroath, Scotland, 5 June 1886 |
| Home Town: | North Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Keptie School, Arbroath, Scotland |
| Occupation: | Engineer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Dickebusch, Belgium, 22 September 1917, aged 31 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient) |
World War 1 Service
| 5 Jan 1916: | Involvement Gunner, 10338, 2nd Field Artillery Brigade , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Afric embarkation_ship_number: A19 public_note: '' | |
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| 5 Jan 1916: | Embarked Gunner, 10338, 2nd Field Artillery Brigade , HMAT Afric, Melbourne |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of George Gordon and Helen Lundie (nee Finlayson) BOYD; Wife: Mrs N. BOYD, 36 John Street, Arbroath, Scotland.
George came to Australia in 1912 where he was employed by Messrs. W.D. Grant & Sons, Engineers, Equitable Place, Collins Street, Melbouren. He enlisted 16 July 1915 and served in Egypt fron January 1916 and afterwards in France and Flanders. He was wouned 3rd June 1917 and invalided home, but on his recovery rejoined his regiment and was killed in action 24 September 1917 by a shell while asleep in his dugout. Buried at Dickebusch. A comrade wroter: 'Dear old George was killed arly on the morning of 24 Spet, by the bursting of an enemy shell while asleep in his dug-out. When the news went round it cast a great gloom over the whole battery, as he was a great favourite with the men. All the boys in the battery wich me to convey to you their deepest sympathy in the great loss you have sustained in the death of your noble sone and my hero friend.'