BOYD, William Henry
| Service Number: | 3916 |
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| Enlisted: | 1 October 1915, Enlisted as part of the 'Snowy River Route March' which was a recruitment drive. This march started in Delegate on 6th January 1916 and entered Goulburn on 28th January 1916. |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 20th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Braidwood, New South Wales, Australia, date not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Braidwood, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Braidwood Public School, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Butcher |
| Died: | 31 July 1948, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Botany General Cemetery, New South Wales |
| Memorials: | Braidwood Public School Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 1 Oct 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3916, 20th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted as part of the 'Snowy River Route March' which was a recruitment drive. This march started in Delegate on 6th January 1916 and entered Goulburn on 28th January 1916. | |
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| 20 Jan 1916: | Involvement Private, 3916, 20th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Runic embarkation_ship_number: A54 public_note: '' | |
| 20 Jan 1916: | Embarked Private, 3916, 20th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Runic, Sydney | |
| 8 Nov 1918: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 3916, 20th Infantry Battalion, Date of Return to Australia |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Helen digan
Listed his next of kin as A. Boyd, Ryrie Street, Braidwood, New South Wales.
Biography contributed by Helen digan
From the Braidwood Dispatch, 3 January 1919:
Private W. H. Boyd returned home on Tuesday. He is also on the convalescent list. He was wounded in France in rather a remarkable manner. A bullet
entered just under his left ear, and came out about the middle of his right cheek. Singularly enough, the bullet in its passage did not disturb a single tooth in his head'. It has, however ,left (his jaw weak, and it is proposed to place a silver hinge in his right jaw to
enable him to work it properly. At present, he says, it gives himlittle or no trouble. He is the same genial soul as ever, and the fractured jaw has not affected his
volubility in the slightest degree.
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