BOYER, William John
| Service Number: | 5986 |
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| Enlisted: | 2 May 1916, Claremont, Tasmania |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 12th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Westbury, Tasmania, Australia , 19 August 1893 |
| Home Town: | Westbury, Meander Valley, Tasmania |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farm labourer/handyman |
| Died: | Died of wounds, France, 10 January 1918, aged 24 years |
| Cemetery: |
Trois Arbres Cemetery, Steenwerck, Nord Pas de Calais II D 1 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Westbury St Andrew's Church Roll of Honour, Westbury War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 2 May 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5986, Claremont, Tasmania | |
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| 8 Aug 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 5986, 12th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Hobart embarkation_ship: HMAT Ballarat embarkation_ship_number: A70 public_note: '' | |
| 8 Aug 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 5986, 12th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ballarat, Hobart | |
| 7 May 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 5986, 12th Infantry Battalion, Bullecourt (Second), Shell wound (face) | |
| 20 Sep 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 5986, 12th Infantry Battalion, Menin Road, 2nd occasion (gas) | |
| 8 Jan 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 5986, 12th Infantry Battalion, 3rd occasion - GSW (left leg and buttocks) |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Helene Boyer
William John Boyer was born August 19, 1893 in the small rural town of Westbury, Tasmania. William (Bill) worked as a farm labourer and handyman before enlisting. He enlisted when 22 years old in May 1916 and embarked from Tasmania on August 9, 1916. Wounded in action at the second battle of Bullecourt and then again wounded in the battle of Menin Road, Bill was nursed back to health and returned to his unit.
The third time he was wounded in action was to be his last and he subsequently died of the wounds inflicted to his buttock and upper left leg two days later on 10 Jan 1918.
Mourned by his wife Emmeline, his young daughter Emmeline Joan, his parents Mary and George and his seven siblings - Thomas, Mary, George, Frances, Caroline, Maria and Henry.
In November 2016, his great niece (Henry's grand-daughter) sprinkled soil from his family home at Dexter St, Westbury on his grave in the Trois Arbres Cemetery, at Steenwerck, France.
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