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BOYES, Charles Victor
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 323 |
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| Enlisted: | 14 March 1916, Blackboy Hill, Western Australia |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 4th Machine Gun Company |
| Born: | Brookton, Western Australia, 15 October 1896 |
| Home Town: | Southern Cross, Yilgarn, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Locomotive engine cleaner |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 26 September 1917, aged 20 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Kalgoorlie St John's Anglican Church Honour Roll, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient), Northam Fallen, Southern Cross Christ Church Honour Roll |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 14 Mar 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 323, Blackboy Hill, Western Australia | |
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| 7 Aug 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 323, 4th Machine Gun Company, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Miltiades embarkation_ship_number: A28 public_note: '' | |
| 7 Aug 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 323, 4th Machine Gun Company, HMAT Miltiades, Fremantle | |
| 26 Sep 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 323, 4th Machine Gun Company, Polygon Wood |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Valerie Watchorn
"...323 Private Charles Victor Boyes, 4th Machine Gun Company, of Brookton, WA. An engine cleaner prior to enlistment, Pte Boyes embarked with the 4th Reinforcements from Fremantle aboard HMAT Miltiades on 7 August 1916. Pte Boyes was killed in action at Polygon Wood, Belgium, on 26 September 1917, aged 20. He has no known grave and his name is commemorated on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)
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