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Service Numbers:	1318, 1318A, 1318, 1318A
Enlisted:	11 November 1914, Enlisted at Rosehill, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	4th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Lanark, Scotland, 1887
Home Town:	Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Butcher
Died:	Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 12 May 1915
Cemetery:	4th Battalion Parade Ground Cemetery Row C, Grave 23 Chaplain W.McKenzie officiated, 4th Battalion Parade Ground Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

11 Nov 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1318, 1318A, 4th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Rosehill, NSW
11 Feb 1915:	Involvement Private, 1318, 4th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Seang Bee embarkation_ship_number: A48 public_note: ''
11 Feb 1915:	Embarked Private, 1318, 4th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Seang Bee, Melbourne
12 May 1915:	Involvement Private, 1318A, 4th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1318A awm_unit: 4th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1915-05-12

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Son of Mrs Margaret Boyd, also known as Margaret Mason, of 22 Cromwell Street, Crosshill, Glasgow, Scotland

Next of kin given as his sister Jessie Boyd of 'Mosscroft', Mossgiel Road, Newlands, Glasgow, Scotland

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal