BOCCARD, Charles Adrian
| Service Number: | 126 |
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| Enlisted: | 24 September 1914, Rosehill, New South Wales |
| Last Rank: | Captain |
| Last Unit: | 13th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Paris, France, 8 March 1881 |
| Home Town: | Kogarah, Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Miner |
| Died: | Natural causes, Melbourne, Victoria, 13 August 1935, aged 54 years |
| Cemetery: |
Burwood General Cemetery, Victoria, Australia |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 24 Sep 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 126, Rosehill, New South Wales | |
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| 22 Dec 1914: | Embarked AIF WW1, Corporal, 126, 13th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne | |
| 22 Dec 1914: | Involvement AIF WW1, Corporal, 126, 13th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: '' | |
| 25 Apr 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Corporal, 126, 13th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli | |
| 11 Jun 1915: | Promoted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 13th Infantry Battalion | |
| 25 Aug 1915: | Wounded AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 13th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli | |
| 20 Jan 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 13th Infantry Battalion | |
| 11 Jul 1916: | Wounded AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 13th Infantry Battalion, Warneton, 2nd occasion - Left leg amputated | |
| 19 Aug 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Captain, 13th Infantry Battalion | |
| 12 May 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Captain, 13th Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by John Edwards
"After an illness extending over several weeks, Mr. Adrian Charles Boccard, of Marne-strect, South Yarra. died yesterday. Mr. Boccard, who was French born, came to Australia as a young man, and when war broke out he enlisted in the A.I.F. After serving at Gallipoli he was awarded the military cross and bar. At Ypres in 1916 he was wounded in both legs in securing a German flag in No Man's Land. As a result of these wounds one leg was amputatod, but he continued to give service to the Allies, and became a scout and Intelligence officer, being promoted to captain in 1916. In this sphere he aroused the admiration of the French because of his coolness and bravery in doing reconnaissance work under shell fire, despite his infirmity, and he was awarded the Croix de Guerre, with bronze bar. In December, 1918, he was awarded the Croix de Guerre, with palm, for being one of the first to enter Solesmes (Nord), which was then the object of a violent bombardment with gas shells, and he was thus able to gather information on the state of the locality and the population. Later he was awarded the Medaille de la Reconnaissaince Francaise, with crossed swords. Mr. Boccard was managing director of Alfa-Laval Separator Co. Pty. Ltd., and his widow is one of the partners of Canns Pty. Ltd. He was 54 years of age. The remains will be interred at Burwood Cemetery this afternoon." - from the Melbourne Age 14 Aug 1935 (nla.gov.au)
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