CARR-BOYD, John Gerald
| Service Number: | 2318 |
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| Enlisted: | 11 November 1915, Rockhampton, Queensland |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 47th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Brisbane, Queensland, 13 September 1891 |
| Home Town: | Alpha, Barcaldine, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Surveyor's assistant |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 12 October 1917, aged 26 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave, Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient) |
World War 1 Service
| 11 Nov 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2318, Rockhampton, Queensland | |
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| 31 Mar 1916: | Involvement Private, 2318, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Star of Victoria embarkation_ship_number: A16 public_note: '' | |
| 31 Mar 1916: | Embarked Private, 2318, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Star of Victoria, Sydney | |
| 17 Oct 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 47th Infantry Battalion | |
| 7 Jun 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2318, 47th Infantry Battalion, Battle of Messines, GSW (contused face) | |
| 12 Oct 1917: | Involvement Private, 2318, 47th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2318 awm_unit: 47th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-10-12 | |
| 12 Oct 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2318, 47th Infantry Battalion, 1st Passchendaele |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Sharyn Roberts
'DEATH OF TWO COUSINS.
KILLED IN ACTION ON THE SAME DAY.
News has been received of the death of Private John Carr-Boyd, only son of Mr. Gerald Carr-Boyd, of the Lands Department, Brisbane, and of Lance-corporal George Carr-Boyd, only child of the late Mr. Reginald Carr-Boyd, formerly of the Queensland Stock Department, and who were nephews of Mrs. H. E. Brown, Sandon, Rockhampton. They were killed in action in France on the same day.
A letter received from Lieutenant G. P. Storey, of the Forty-seventh Battalion concerning the death of Private Carr-Boyd, says: — "I had in my company a lad who 'went west' named Carr-Boyd. Probably you know his sister. If so, I would like her to know that the battalion to a man, shares her grief. He was very well liked indeed by everyone he came in contact with. Words could never express what a loss like that means to those who are left to carry on. For twenty-four hours prior to his death, he was out fearlessly tending wounded in no man's land, and, when the battalion 'went over the top,' he came along with us and put up one of the finest displays of gallantry I have ever seen." The details of the death of Lance-corporal Carr-Boyd have not yet been received.' from The Capricornian 13 Jul 1918 (nla.gov.au)
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