John BOYLAND

BOYLAND, John

Service Numbers: 312, NX15670
Enlisted: 21 August 1914, Sydney, New South Wales
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion
Born: Liverpool, New South Wales, Australia, 17 April 1895
Home Town: Liverpool, Fairfield, New South Wales
Schooling: Cecil Park and Hoyton Park Public Schools, NSW
Occupation: Labourer
Died: Natural causes, Concord, New South Wales, 2 February 1953, aged 57 years
Cemetery: Liverpool Cemetery and Crematorium, Sydney, NSW
Anglican E, Section 14, Grave 125
Memorials: Hoxton Park Public School
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World War 1 Service

21 Aug 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 312, Sydney, New South Wales
20 Oct 1914: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 312, 3rd Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: ''
20 Oct 1914: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 312, 3rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Sydney
18 Jan 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, 312

World War 2 Service

20 May 1940: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX15670
20 May 1940: Enlisted Private, NX15670, Paddington, New South Wales
11 Apr 1941: Involvement Private, NX15670, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion, Siege of Tobruk, WIA
5 Feb 1943: Discharged Private, NX15670, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion

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Biography

Also served in WW2 service number NX15670

Was living at Cecil Park, Liverpool when he enlisted

WW1 Service

3 Battalion

Rank - Private

30 April 1915 Wounded in action - arm

15 September 1919 Returned to Australia on board Destroyer D22

Son of Courtney and Elizabeth Boyland. Husband of Martha Elizabeth Boyland (neeSweet). Of twelve children. Married Martha on 14 April 1917 at South Tidsworth, Somerset, England Brother of 3274 Pte Harry Boyland, 11th Bn, killed in action, 30 May 1916.

WW2 Service

Falsified his date of birth year to 1905, ten years later than that which appeared on his WW1 record

2/17 Battalion

Rank - Private

20 May 1940 Enlisted at Paddington, New South Wales. Address was Cecil Park, New South Wales

2 February 1943Discharged

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