Frederick Oscar BOYS

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Service Number:	684
Enlisted:	1 March 1915, Swan Hill, Victoria, Australia
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	23rd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Swan Hill, Victoria Australia, 19 December 1887
Home Town:	Swan Hill, Swan Hill, Victoria
Schooling:	Swan Hill State School, Victoria, Australia
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Illness-pneumonia, Alexandra Hospital, Egypt, 13 June 1915, aged 27 years
Cemetery:	Alexandria (Chatby) Military and War Memorial Cemetery Row L, Grave 108
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Swan Hill War Memorial

1 Mar 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Swan Hill, Victoria, Australia
10 May 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 684, 23rd Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: ''
10 May 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 684, 23rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Melbourne
Date unknown:	Involvement 23rd Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières

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The 23rd Battalion only arrived in Egypt on 10 June 1915.

Pte 684 Frederick Oscar Boys died of illness three days later on 13 June 1915 at the 15th General Hospital, Alexandria, Egypt.