BOXSELL, Errol James Roy
| Service Numbers: | 806, N164263 |
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| Enlisted: | 31 August 1914, Kensington, New South Wales |
| Last Rank: | Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | 1st Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Condoblin, New South Wales, Australia, 1 January 1898 |
| Home Town: | North Sydney, North Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Fort Street School, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Traveller |
| Died: | Natural causes, Boggabri, New South Wales, Australia, 22 October 1985, aged 87 years |
| Cemetery: |
Gunnedah Cemetery, NSW |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 31 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 806, Kensington, New South Wales | |
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| 18 Oct 1914: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 806, 1st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Afric, Sydney | |
| 18 Oct 1914: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 806, 1st Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Afric embarkation_ship_number: A19 public_note: '' | |
| 25 Apr 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 806, 1st Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli | |
| 25 Apr 1915: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 806, 1st Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, GSW (hand) | |
| 6 Mar 1916: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 806, 1st Infantry Battalion |
World War 2 Service
| 9 Apr 1942: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Lieutenant, N164263 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Sergeant and Mrs BOXSELL of Lane Cove Road, North Sydney, NSW
His education at the noted Fort Street School was only just completed when war was declard, and, young as he was, he was one of the earliest to respond when the call for volunteers resounded through the land. He sailed for Egypt in October, 1914, and was one of the gallant Anzacs of imperishable renown, who, against fearful odds, stromed the apparently impregnable heights of Gallipoli. He was severely wounded on the eving of the first day on the Peninsula, and after long weary months spent in hospital, was invalided home, arriving in Sydney on August 31st, 1915.
Australia's Heroic Deeds in the Field of Battle Biographical Sketches of North Sydney Heores by Wilfred YOUNG
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