Collin Arthur BOASE

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BOASE, Collin Arthur

Service Number:	686
Enlisted:	22 August 1914, Enlisted at Randwick, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	1st Infantry Battalion
Born:	Gympie, Queensland, Australia, 23 July 1889
Home Town:	Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling:	Gympie State School and Brisbane School, Queensland, Australia
Occupation:	Bank clerk
Died:	Killed in Action, Gallipoli, 6 August 1915, aged 26 years
Cemetery:	Shrapnel Valley Cemetery, Gallipoli Plot 11, Row A, Grave 21
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Caboolture District WW1 Roll of Honour, Caboolture War Memorial

World War 1 Service

22 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 686, 1st Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Randwick, NSW
18 Oct 1914:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 686, 1st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Afric embarkation_ship_number: A19 public_note: ''
25 Apr 1915:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 686, 1st Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Bullet wound to the left hand. Exact day of wounding is uncertain but occurred between 25-30 April 1915
6 Aug 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 686, 1st Infantry Battalion, The August Offensive - Lone Pine, Suvla Bay, Sari Bair, The Nek and Hill 60 - Gallipoli, KIA at Lone Pine

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Residential address at the time of enlistment was given as Darlinghurst Road, Darlinghurst, NSW

Son of Charles and Harriet Jane Boase of King Street, Lutwyche, QLD formerly of Caboolture, QLD

Brother of Allan Joseph Boase who returned to Australia on 18 January 1918 having served with the 9th Battalion. Recommended for the Belgian Officer of the Order of Leopold; Leonard Charles Boase DSO MC who returned to Australia on 28 February 1919 having served with the 52nd Battalion; Francis Henry Boase who returned to Australia on 12 May 1919 having served with the 10th Machine Gun Battlion

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

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