BOUGHEN, Edward
| Service Number: | 414 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 22 August 1914, Enlisted at Gatton, QLD |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 9th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Rosewood, Queensland, Australia, 1894 |
| Home Town: | Laidley, Lockyer Valley, Queensland |
| Schooling: | State School, Queensland, Australia |
| Occupation: | Carter |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, 25 April 1915 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Panel 31, Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Laidley Memorial Park Gates, Laidley War Memorial, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing |
World War 1 Service
| 22 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 414, Enlisted at Gatton, QLD | |
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| 24 Sep 1914: | Involvement 414, 9th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Omrah embarkation_ship_number: A5 public_note: '' | |
| 24 Sep 1914: | Embarked 414, 9th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Omrah, Brisbane | |
| 25 Apr 1915: | Involvement Private, 414, 9th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 414 awm_unit: 9th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1915-04-25 |
Edward Boughen
Edward Boughen jnr was born in Rosewood on the 18 October 1893 to Edward and Elizabeth (nee Heiner) Boughen. He attended Rosewood State School. The photo of Edward is in his Salvation Army uniform. He joined the army in Gatton on 20th August 1914 and after training at Enoggera he left on the transport ship A5 Omrah, 9th Battalion. Sadly Edward died in the water at Gallipoli 25 April 1915. He is remembered on Panel 31 at the Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli.
Submitted 9 April 2015 by Kay Trevis
Biography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Edward and Elizabeth Boughen of Ferry Road, Southport, QLD
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Biography contributed by Chris Buckley
Bugler Edward Boughen (Service No:414) enlisted in the AIF on 20 August 1914 and embarked from Brisbane with 9th Infantry Battalion on 24 September 1914 on board HMAT Omrah A5. According to the Red Cross Files (AWM)'Informant states that on April 25th at Anzac he last saw Bugler or Drummer Boughen on the boat when they were pulled ashore. Informant thinks that he was sent messages after the landing, and had to run along the firing line. They all thought that he must have been killed. Informant and he were both in the first landing about four o'clock in the morning'.
Edward was the eldest of three children of Edward Boughen Snr (b1863 at Rosewood, Darling Downs, QLD) and Elizabeth Heiner (b1865 in Brisbane, QLD). Edward Snr (a Carpenter) and Elizabeth married in 1889 in Marburg QLD and lived in Roswood, Runcorn and Forest Hill. Following Elizabeth's death in 1906, Edward Snr remarried in 1912 in Laidley QLD to Agnes Ellen Carlson (nee Newman; b1865 in Wiltshire, England). Agnes was a Widow with seven children. Edward and Agnes settled in Southport, QLD where Edward was a Farmer.
Edward was a Carter at Forest Hill in the Lockyer Valley in QLD when he enlisted in the AIF in 1914. Younger brother Robert (Corporal; Service No:Q155685) served in WWII.
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