BOYD, Stuart Augustine
| Service Number: | 2225 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 18th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Ware, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom, 1883 |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 5 May 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 30 Sep 1915: | Involvement Private, 2225, 18th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Argyllshire embarkation_ship_number: A8 public_note: '' | |
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| 30 Sep 1915: | Embarked Private, 2225, 18th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Argyllshire, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
His forename was registered at birth as Stuart, but CWGC records him as Stewart. His service number was 2225-he served with the 5th Coy. Australian Machine Gun Corps. His brother, Lance Corporal Kenneth Seymour Boyd, aged 24, Service Number 659, died 30th June 1915 in the service of the Honourable Artillery Company
Kenneth rests in BRANDHOEK MILITARY CEMETERY-Grave reference: I. C. 14 and the inscription chosen by his parents on his wargrave reads:
THE GIFT OF GOD IS ETERNAL LIFE THROUGH JESUS CHRIST OUR LORD ROMANS 6.23.
They were sons of Alexander Gaviller Boyd and Charlotte Christian Boyd, of "Stronsay," Kirkley Cliff Rd., Lowestoft, Suffolk. They are remembered on the family grave in Broxbourne Churchyard, Hertfordshire.
Births Jun 1883
BOYD Stuart Augustine Ware 3a 390
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