BOE, James
| Service Number: | 1916 |
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| Enlisted: | 18 January 1915, Liverpool, New South Wales |
| Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 1st Light Trench Mortar Battery |
| Born: | Stranraer, Wigtownshire, Scotland., 1886 |
| Home Town: | Cumnock, Cabonne, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Stranraer Academy, Scotland |
| Occupation: | Plumber |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Pozieres, France. , 20 July 1916 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
World War 1 Service
| 18 Jan 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1916, Liverpool, New South Wales | |
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| 13 Apr 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1916, 4th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Kyarra embarkation_ship_number: A55 public_note: '' | |
| 13 Apr 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1916, 4th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Kyarra, Sydney | |
| 17 Jun 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1916, 4th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Joined Battalion from Reinforcements. | |
| 6 Aug 1915: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1916, 4th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Wounded In Action - G.S.W Left Hand | |
| 18 Oct 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1916, 4th Infantry Battalion, Embarked Alexandria to rejoin unit at Gallipoli | |
| 3 Nov 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1916, 4th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Rejoined unit | |
| 29 Dec 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1916, 4th Infantry Battalion, Disembarked Alexandria. Gallipoli evacuation. | |
| 23 Mar 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1916, 4th Infantry Battalion, Embarked Alexandria for B.E.F per O.C.H.T "Simla" | |
| 30 Mar 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1916, 4th Infantry Battalion, Disembarked Marseilles, France | |
| 19 Apr 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 1st Light Trench Mortar Battery, T.O.S. from 4th Infantry Battalion | |
| 21 Apr 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 1st Light Trench Mortar Battery | |
| 20 Jul 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 1916, 1st Light Trench Mortar Battery, Killed in Action. - Chalk Pits, Pozieres, France | |
| 20 Jul 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 1916, 1st Light Trench Mortar Battery, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1916 awm_unit: 1 Light Trench Mortar Battery awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1916-07-20 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
Son of John and Elizabeth McColm Boe, of 15, Clenoch St., Stranraer.
Emigrated aged 25. Private Boe was a keen footballer. Captain of the Stranraer "J.M.C.A." team in 1908. A Free-mason. Remembered on the Stranraer Town War Memorial which stands at the side of the main road from Stoneykirk in front of the Sheriff courthouse in Lewis Street. It is of grey polished granite with a Scottish soldier in Bronze on top.
Personal belongings returned to next of kin included two chests, one containing approximately 90 tools, the other containing miscellaneous items, including six books on plumbing and a book of Burns' poems.
He is also commemorated on the war memorial in Stranraer Parish Church
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