Leslie Atherton Gerald BOYCE

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BOYCE, Leslie Atherton Gerald

Service Number:	819
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

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: ''
18 May 1916:	Embarked Corporal, 819, 41st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Demosthenes, Sydney

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.

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