William Francis BOYCE

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Service Number:	VX25109
Enlisted:	11 June 1940
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd/21st Infantry Battalion
Born:	Brunswick, Victoria, Australia, 31 December 1919
Home Town:	Nunawading, Whitehorse, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Murdered by the Japanese while Prisoner of War, Ambon, Netherlands East Indies, 24 July 1945, aged 25 years
Cemetery:	Ambon War Cemetery, Ambon, Maluku, Indonesia CWGC Grave No: Plot 23. Row C. Grave 1. Inscription: "DIED NOBLY FOR HIS COUNTRY EVER REMEMBERED"
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Private, VX25109
11 Jun 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, VX25109
17 Feb 1942:	Imprisoned Ambon, Died at Tan Toey (Tantui) P.O.W. Camp, Ambon Island whilst a prisoner of the Japanese Occupation Force. Nature of death recorded as "Executed by the Japanese".
24 Jul 1945:	Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, 2nd/21st Infantry Battalion, Ambon, Member of Gull Force.

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