Percy Walter BOSTON

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Service Number:	723
Enlisted:	5 October 1914, Enlisted at Townsville, QLD Rank changed from Private to Lance Corporal on the day of enlistment
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	15th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Croydon, London, England, 1892
Home Town:	Maxwelton, Richmond, Queensland
Schooling:	Weymouth College, Weymouth, Dorset, England
Occupation:	Jackeroo
Died:	Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 10 May 1915
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Lone Pine Memorial Panel 44, Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing

5 Oct 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 723, 15th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Townsville, QLD Rank changed from Private to Lance Corporal on the day of enlistment
22 Dec 1914:	Involvement Private, 723, 17th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: ''
22 Dec 1914:	Embarked Private, 723, 17th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Melbourne
10 May 1915:	Involvement Lance Corporal, 723, 15th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 723 awm_unit: 15th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1915-05-10

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Arrived in Australia aged 21 years

Son of Francis Walter Boston and Anna Maria Greenwood Boston of Furze Lane, Purley, Surrey, England

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

He was an excellent athlete excelling in Swimming. In approximatley 1910 he competed successfully in cross country running

He served briefly in the Canadian Militia