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BOYCE, Leslie Atherton Gerald
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 819 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 41st Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | 1898, place not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Toowoomba Grammar School WW1 Honour Board, Toowoomba Rangeville State School Pictorial Roll of Honour 2, Toowoomba Roll of Honour WW1 |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 18 May 1916: | Involvement Corporal, 819, 41st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Demosthenes embarkation_ship_number: A64 public_note: '' | |
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| 18 May 1916: | Embarked Corporal, 819, 41st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Demosthenes, Sydney |
Personal Stories
WW1
The details provided are taken from the book "Stealth Raiders - a few daring men in 1918" written by Lucas Jordan, published 2017, refer to pages 25/6, 29, 36, 262 & 280. Prior to the war he was a clerk of Toowoomba Qld. He enlisted 6th Jan 1916 aged 18 years. He served in 41st Infantry Battalion and attained the rank of Lieutenant and earned a Military Cross for activities. He survived the war, and departed the UK for home 31st July 1918. Letters, papers and memoirs of Leslie Boyce are held in the Australian War Memorial - reference of 2DRL/1180.
Submitted 28 January 2020 by Maxwell HILL
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