BOYD, Ronald Howard
| Service Number: | 416041 |
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| Enlisted: | 3 March 1941 |
| Last Rank: | Warrant Officer |
| Last Unit: | No. 103 Squadron (RAF) |
| Born: | Knightsbridge, South Australia, 11 November 1911 |
| Home Town: | Hackney, Norwood Payneham St Peters, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Marryatville Public School, Norwood High School |
| Occupation: | School Teacher |
| Died: | Flying Battle, France, 4 May 1944, aged 32 years |
| Cemetery: |
Villers-Le-Chateau Churchyard, France Military Plot - Row 1 - Collective Grave 1, |
| Memorials: | Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, International Bomber Command Centre Memorial, Lameroo Oval Memorial Gates |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Mar 1941: | Involvement Warrant Officer, 416041 | |
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| 3 Mar 1941: | Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Warrant Officer, 416041, No. 103 Squadron (RAF), Adelaide | |
| 3 Mar 1941: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Warrant Officer, 416041 | |
| Date unknown: | Involvement |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Edward James Boyd and Ada Louisa Boyd; husband of Esma Madge Boyd, of Hackney, South Australia.
DEARLY LOVED AND SADLY MISSED BY HIS WIFE MADGE, OF ADELAIDE
Mrs. M. Boyd, Hackney road, Hackney, has been informed that her husband, WO Ronald Howard Boyd, who was posted missing after operational flights over occupied territory, is now presumed to have lost his life. WO Boyd, who was the third son of Mrs. and the late Mr. E. J. Boyd, Rochester street, Leabrook, was educated at Marryatville and the Norwood High School. He joined the RAAF in 1940. and left for overseas in 1942. He was attached to Coastal Command, and later transferred to a Lancaster squadron. Before joining the RAAF WO Boyd was a teacher in the Education Department, and had taught at Norwood, Wikawatt and Flinders street practising school. His widow (formerly Miss Madge Harvey) is a member of the Education Department. A younger brother. Allan, is also in the RAAF.
Biography contributed by David Barlow
Son of Edward James Boyd and Ada Louisa Boyd
Husband of Esma Madge Boyd of Hackney, SA
Warrant Officer Ronald Howard Boyd 416041 was killed in the loss of Lancaster ND905 of Number 103 Squadron RAF
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