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BOYD, Robert James

Service Number:	1713
Enlisted:	28 January 1915, Liverpool, NSW
Last Rank:	Sergeant
Last Unit:	13th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Waterloo, New South Wales, Australia, 18 April 1892
Home Town:	Mascot, Botany Bay, New South Wales
Schooling:	Gardener's Road Primary School, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation:	Dairy farmer
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 13 August 1916, aged 24 years
Cemetery:	Serre Road Cemetery No.2 Beaumont Hamel, France Grave XV. F. 11
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Mascot War Memorial

World War 1 Service

28 Jan 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1713, 13th Infantry Battalion, Liverpool, NSW
17 Mar 1915:	Involvement Private, 1713, 13th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Shropshire embarkation_ship_number: A9 public_note: ''
17 Mar 1915:	Embarked Private, 1713, 13th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Shropshire, Sydney
13 Aug 1916:	Involvement Sergeant, 1713, 13th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1713 awm_unit: 13 Battalion awm_rank: Sergeant awm_died_date: 1916-08-13

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Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon

He was 24 and the son of Robert James and Mary Jane Boyd.