William Edward (Ned) BOASE

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BOASE, William Edward

Service Number:	6047
Enlisted:	20 July 1916
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	28th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Daylesford, Victoria (56 yrs? Red Cross), July 1875
Home Town:	Perth, Western Australia
Schooling:	Public School, Daylesford, Victoria
Occupation:	Horse driver
Died:	Hit by shell, near Polygon Wood, Belgium, 20 September 1917
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" The Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial (Panel 23), Belgium, Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Fremantle Fallen Sailors & Soldiers Memorial, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient), Menzies War Memorial

World War 1 Service

20 Jul 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6047, 28th Infantry Battalion
9 Nov 1916:	Involvement Private, 6047, 28th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Argyllshire embarkation_ship_number: A8 public_note: ''
9 Nov 1916:	Embarked Private, 6047, 28th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Argyllshire, Fremantle

Two children orphaned

Born on the 11 July 1875 in Daylesford Victoria.
He was the 9th child of 14 children born to William and Lucy Boase and later moved to Western Australia where he married Mary Agnes Woosnam in 1911.
Mary died in 1913 leaving their two sons in William's care.
Occupation prior to enlistment Horse driver

Following his enlistment on the 16th July 1916 in Perth, with the 28th Battalion William's sister Lucy (Lawson) looked after the boys.
At the time of his enlistment he was 41 years of age, 5 foot 3 and a half inches tall with blue eyes and brown hair.
William Edward was killed in action on the 20th September 1917 in Belgium. His place of rest is noted on the Memorial Panel 112 29 (Menin Gate) The Ypres Memorial Belgium.
In statements made to the Enquiry Bureau it was noted that William was the first man over the ridge at Broodseinde and was subsequently hit by a shell.
William's medals were handed onto his sister Lucy for safe keeping for his oldest son. Lucy raised both orphaned boys along with her own daughters.

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