Roy Harold BOYTON

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Service Number:	2783
Enlisted:	29 June 1915, Place of Enlistment, Liverpool, New South Wales.
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	54th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Gundagai, New South Wales, Australia, August 1896
Home Town:	Wagga Wagga, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Farm Hand
Died:	Killed in Action, Belgium, 26 September 1917
Cemetery:	New Irish Farm Cemetery Plot XXXIV, Row E, Grave No. 12
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Wagga Wagga Cenotaph, Wagga Wagga Victory Memorial Arch

29 Jun 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2783, 2nd Infantry Battalion, Place of Enlistment, Liverpool, New South Wales.
30 Sep 1915:	Involvement Private, 2783, 2nd Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Argyllshire embarkation_ship_number: A8 public_note: ''
30 Sep 1915:	Embarked Private, 2783, 2nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Argyllshire, Sydney
19 Feb 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 54th Infantry Battalion
4 Sep 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 54th Infantry Battalion, Corporal Vice
26 Sep 1917:	Involvement Corporal, 2783, 54th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2783 awm_unit: 54th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1917-09-26

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