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BOYD, Athol Stewart
Step 1: Personal Details
Service Number: | 423606 |
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Enlisted: | 18 July 1942 |
Last Rank: | Pilot Officer |
Last Unit: | No. 11 Squadron (RAAF) |
Born: | Greenwich, Lane Cove - New South Wales, Australia, 22 May 1923 |
Home Town: | Lane Cove, Lane Cove, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
Died: | Aircraft lost on Ops - never accounted for (until 2019), Fakfak West Papua, Netherlands East Indies, 2 September 1943, aged 20 years |
Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Cairns Catalina A24-50 Memorial Plaque, Lae Memorial |
Biography contributed by Steve Larkins
Please see this link for the story of Athol Boyd's last flight (/research/home-page-archives/mystery-of-the-black-cat)
Biography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Athol Stewart and Lillian Alice Boyd, of Ashbuly, New South Wales.