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WORLD WAR I 

(The Great War) 1914-1918 

 Australia


AUSTRALIAN ROLL OF HONOR

BOYD, Alexander Samuel
Rank:Private
Unit:28th Bn Australian Inf
Service:Army
Place Of Enlistment:Bruce Rock, W Australia
Native Place:Dookie, Victoria, Australia
Date of Death: 20 Aug 1918
Cause of Death:Died of wounds
Cemetery or Memorial:FRANCE 85 Ste Marie Cemetery Le Havre
Notes:Son of James Alexander and Elizabeth Boyd,of Sanford
St.,Geraldton,Western Australia.

BOYD, Allen James
Rank:Private
Unit:59th Bn Australian Inf
Service:Army
Place Of Enlistment:Bairnsdale,Victoria, Australia
Date of Death: 19 July 1916
Cause of Death:Killed in action
Cemetery or Memorial: FRANCE 567 Aubers Ridge British Cemetery Aubers
Notes:Age 20 Son of James and Sara Elizabeth Boyd,of 82,Roden St.,
Melbourne,Victoria,Australia.

 

BOYD, Andrew
Rank:Private
Unit:18th Bn Australian Inf
Service:Army
Place Of Enlistment:Scone,New South Wales
Date of Death:30 Aug 1916
Cause of Death:Died of wounds
Cemetery or Memorial:HAMPSHIRE 8 Milton Cemetery

Notes:Age 24. Son of Andrew and Mary Boyd, of Hill St.,Scone,
New South Wales

BOYD, Andrew
Rank:Corporal
Unit:8th Bn Australian Inf
Service:Army
Place Of Enlistment:Wodonga,Victoria,Australia
Native Place:Bonegilla,Victoria,Australia
Date of Death: 14 Apr 1918
Place of Death:
Cause of Death:Killed in action
Cemetery or Memorial:FRANCE 353 Nieppe-Bois (Rue-Du-Bois)British
Cemetery, Vieux-Berq
Notes:Age 24  Son of James and Jeannie Boyd, of Scarsdale,Ballarat,
Victoria,Australia.

BOYD, Angus
Rank:Private
Unit:24th Bn Australian Inf
Service:Army
Place Of Enlistment:Port Melbourne, Victoria,Australia
Date of Death: 04 May 1917
Cause of Death:Died of wounds
Cemetery or Memorial: FRANCE 512 Grevillers British Cemetery
Notes:Age 24. Son of James and Hannah Boyd, of 233 Ross St.,
Port Melbourne,Victoria,Australia.

 

BOYD, Arthur Donald
Rank:Private
Unit:2nd Bn Australian Inf
Service:Army
Place Of Enlistment:Moree, NSW
Date of Death:07/07/1918
Cause of Death:Died of wounds
Cemetery or Memorial:FRANCE 134 Longuenesse(St. Omer)

Souvenir Cemetery

BOYD, Cyril Tasman
Rank:Private
Unit:60th Bn
Service:Army
Place Of Enlistment:Fitzroy,Victoria
Native Place:Tasmania
Date of Death:19 July 1916
Cause of Death:Killed in action
Cemetery or Memorial:7 V C Corner Australian Cemetery France
Notes: Age 23 Son of John Thompson Boyd and Mary Jane Boyd,of 110,
Bennett St. North, Fitzroy, Victoria.

BOYD, David
Rank:Private
Unit:4th Bn
Service:Army
Place Of Enlistment:Sydney, NSW
Date of Death:12 May 1915
Cause of Death:Killed in action
Cemetery or Memorial: GALLIPOLI 24 4 Bn Parade Ground Cemetery
Notes:brother of Miss J. Boyd, of Mosscroft,9,Mossgiel Rd.,
Newlands,Glasgow

BOYD, Edward James
Rank:Sergt
Unit:4th Div Signal Coy Australian Engineers
Service:Army
Place Of Enlistment:Bendigo, VIC
Native Place: Yass,New South Wales
Date of Death:17 Aug 1918
Cause of Death:Killed in action
Cemetery or Memorial:FRANCE 247 Beacon Cemetery Sailly-Laurette
Notes:Age 33 Son of Richard and Lavina Boyd;husband of Annie Boyd,
of Broughty, 291, Beaconsfield Parade, Middle Park, Melbourne.

BOYD, Ernest Clarence
Rank:Private
Unit:18th Battalion AIF
Service:Army
Place Of Enlistment:Cowra, NSW
Native Place:Born at Wattamondara,New South Wales
Date of Death:26/02/1917
Cemetery or Memorial:26 Villers Bretonneux-France
Notes:Age 26  Son of Thomas and Catherine Boyd, of Brisbane St.,
Taragala, Cowra, New South Wales.

BOYD, Frederick
Rank:Lance Corporal
Unit:14th Bn
Service:Army
Place Of Enlistment:Pomborneit, VIC
Date of Death:27 Sept 1917
Cemetery or Memorial:29 The Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial Belgium
Notes:Age 28 Son of James Alexander and Mary Louisa Boyd, of
Braeside,Pomborneit,Victoria.

 

BOYD, George Dean
Rank:Private
Unit:19th Bn Australian Inf
Service:Army
Place Of Enlistment:East Sydney, NSW
Native Place:Sydney NSW
Date of Death:19 May 1918
Cause of Death:Killed in action
Cemetery or Memorial:FRANCE 196 Ribemont 

Communal Cemetery Extension
Notes:Age 29 Son of James and Alice R. Boyd.

BOYD, George Finlayson
Rank:Corporal
Unit:12th AFA Bde Field Artillery
Service:Army
Place Of Enlistment:Melbourne, VIC
Native Place:Arbroath,Scotland
Date of Death:22 Sept 1917
Cause of Death:
Cemetery or Memorial:29 The Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial Belgium
Notes:Age 31 Son of George Gordon Boyd and Helen Lundie Finlayson Boyd;
husband of Mrs. N. Boyd, of 36, John St.,Arbroath,Scotland

 

BOYD, George William
Rank:Private
Unit:8th Bn Australian Inf
Service:Army
Place Of Enlistment:Smythesdale, VIC
Native Place:Smythesdale VIC
Date of Death:01 Oct 1916
Cause of Death:Killed in action
Cemetery or Memorial:BELGIUM 101 

White House Cemetery St Jean-Les-Ypres
Notes:Age 36 Son of William and Mary Boyd, of 12, Austin St., Newtown,
Geelong, Victoria, Australia.

 

BOYD, Harold William
Rank:Gunner
Unit:2nd Bde Australian Field Artillery
Service:Army
Place Of Enlistment:Alphington,Victoria
Native Place:Victoria
Date of Death:24 July 1917
Cause of Death:Died of wounds
Cemetery or Memorial:BELGIUM 18 

Mendinghem British Cemetery,Proven Belgium
Notes:Age 21 Son of Samuel and Florendo Boyd,22 Harker St.,Alphington,
Victoria,Australia

BOYD, Hugh James
Rank:Private
Unit:59th Bn
Service:Army
Place Of Enlistment:Walhalla, VIC
Native Place:Walhalla VIC
Date of Death:19 July 1916
Cause of Death:Killed in action
Cemetery or Memorial:7 V C Corner Australian Cemetery France
Notes:Age 19 son of Maud Victoria Helen Wilson (formerly Boyd),
and the late John Boyd

BOYD, James
Rank:Private
Unit:43rd Battalion AIF
Service:Army
Place Of Enlistment:Coorparoo, QLD
Date of Death:22/08/1918
Cemetery or Memorial:26 Villers Bretonneux-France

BOYD, James
Rank:Private
Unit:26th Bn Australian Inf
Service:Army
Place Of Enlistment:Windsor, QLD
Date of Death:14 Nov 1916
Cause of Death:Died of wounds
Cemetery or Memorial:FRANCE 188 Dartmoor Cemetery Becordel-Becourt
Notes:Age 24 Son of John McNeil Boyd and Margaret Cox Boyd, of Iredale
St.Wooloowin,Brisbane,Queensland

BOYD, James Roy (J Roberts)
Rank:Private
Unit:24th Bn Australian Inf
Service:Army
Place Of Enlistment:Young, NSW
Native Place: Born at Victoria,Australia
Date of Death:05 Aug 1916
Cemetery or Memorial:FRANCE 1890 Serre Road Cemetery No 2
Notes:BOYD(served as ROBERTS),Age 22 Son of James and Ellen Boyd,
of Wyuna,,Young,New South Wales

BOYD, John
Rank:Private
Unit:11th Bn Australian Inf
Service:Army
Place Of Enlistment:Kalgoorlie, WA
Native Place:NSW
Date of Death:16 Apr 1918
Cause of Death:Died of wounds
Cemetery or Memorial:France 857 Borre Churchyard
Notes:Age 36 Son of John and Elizabeth Boyd

BOYD, John
Rank:Private
Unit:59th Bn Australian Inf
Service:Army
Place Of Enlistment:Elmore, VIC
Native Place:Katandra VIC
Date of Death:09 Aug 1918
Cause of Death:Died of wounds
Cemetery or Memorial:FRANCE 71 Vignacourt British Cemetery
Notes:Son of Hugh and Annie Boyd, of Avonmore, Victoria, Australia

BOYD, John
Rank:Private
Unit:52nd Bn Australian Inf
Service:Army
Place Of Enlistment:Brisbane, QLD
Native Place:Carlisle England
Date of Death:24 Apr 1918
Cause of Death:Killed in action
Cemetery or Memorial:FRANCE 144 Adelaide Cemetery Villers-Bretonneux
Notes:Age 26 Son of John and Jane Boyd; husband of Ruby Stella Boyd,
of Block 272,Soldiers' Settlement,Elimbah, Queensland

BOYD, John Campbell
Rank:Private
Unit:39th Bn Australian Inf
Service:Army
Place Of Enlistment:Casterton, VIC
Native Place:Wedderburn VIC
Date of Death:12 Oct 1917
Cause of Death:Killed in action
Cemetery or Memorial:BELGIUM 125 Tyne Cot Cemetery Passchendaele.
Notes:Age 35  Son of John and the late Eliza Boyd; husband of
Mrs. A. M. Boyd, of Casterton,Victoria, Australia

BOYD, Leslie David
Rank:Private
Unit:5th Light T.M. Battery
5th Light Trench Mortar Batter AIF
Service:Army
Place Of Enlistment:Finley, NSW
Date of Death: 28 July 1916
Cemetery or Memorial:26 Villers Bretonneux-France
Notes:Age 21. Son of Edward and Annie Boyd, of Post Office, Finley, New
South Wales.

BOYD, Peter
Rank:Private
Unit:9th Battalion AIF
Service:Army
Place Of Enlistment:Brisbane, QLD
Native Place:Born at Glasgow, Scotland.
Date of Death:05 Dec 1916
Cemetery or Memorial:26 Villers Bretonneux-France
Notes:Age 28. Son of Mary Boyd, of Pearson St.,Bairnsdale, Victoria,
and the late Robert Boyd.

BOYD, Reginald Thomas Irvine
Rank:Private
Unit:46th Bn Australian Inf
Service:Army
Place Of Enlistment:Prahran, VIC
Date of Death:02/12/1918
Cemetery or Memorial:FRANCE 717 Le Chateau Communal Cemetery

BOYD, Robert
Rank:Sergeant
Unit:15th Bn Australian Inf
Service:Army
Place Of Enlistment:Hawthorn, QLD
Date of Death:09 April 1917
Cause of Death:Died of wounds
Cemetery or Memorial:FRANCE 251 Aveluy Communal Cemetery Extension
Notes:Age 36. Son of William and Jean Boyd; husband of Helen Boyd, of
Beltana,Barton Rd., Hawthorn,Queensland

BOYD, Robert Francis
Rank:Private
Unit:59th Battalion AIF
Service:Army
Place Of Enlistment:Metung, VIC
Date of Death:28 Oct 1916
Cemetery or Memorial:26 Villers Bretonneux-France
Notes:Age 24. Son of Robert and Bessie Boyd,of Metung,Gippsland
Lakes,Victoria

BOYD, Robert James
Rank:Sergt
Unit:13th Bn Australian Inf
Service:Army
Place Of Enlistment:Mascot, NSW
Native Place:Born at Mascot, New South Wales
Date of Death:13 Aug 1916
Cemetery or Memorial:FRANCE 1890 Serre Road Cemetery No 2
Notes:Age 24. Son of Robert James and Mary Jane Boyd

 

BOYD, Robert Melville
Rank:Private
Unit:23rd Bn Australian Inf
Service:Army
Place Of Enlistment:Smythesdale, VIC
Native Place:Smythesdale VIC
Date of Death:06 Aug 1916
Cause of Death:Died of wounds
Cemetery or Memorial:FRANCE 44 Warloy-Baillon 

Communal Cemetery Extension
Notes:Age 22 Son of William and Mary Boyd,of 12 Austin St.,Newtown,
Geelong, Victoria,Australia

BOYD, Robert Steel
Rank:Lance Corporal
Unit:38th Bn
Service:Army
Place Of Enlistment:Fernihurst, VIC
Native Place:Wedderburn VIC
Date of Death:07-09 June 1917
Cemetery or Memorial:29 The Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial Belgium
Notes:Age 26 Son of John and Eliza Boyd

BOYD, Samuel
Rank:Sergt
Unit:20th Bn
Service:Army
Place Of Enlistment:Lithgow, NSW
Date of Death:20 Sept 1917
Cemetery or Memorial:29 The Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial Belgium

BOYD, Stanley Wilson
Rank:Sergt
Unit:8th Bde Australian Field Artillery
Service:Army
Place Of Enlistment:Northcote, VIC
Native Place:Carlton
Date of Death:11 Nov 1917
Cause of Death:Died of wounds
Cemetery or Memorial:FRANCE 297 Trois-Arbres Cemetery Steenwerck
Notes:Age 25. Son of Williamand Ellen Boyd,of 40,Charendon St.,
Northcote,Victoria,Australia

BOYD, Stewart Augustine
Rank:Private
Unit:5th Coy Machine Gun Corps
Service:Army
Place Of Enlistment:Sydney, NSW
Date of Death:05 May 1917
Cemetery or Memorial:26 Villers Bretonneux-France
Notes:Age 33 Son of Alexander G. and Charlotte Christian Boyd,of
Strongsay,Kirkley Cliff Rd., Lowestoft, England

BOYD, Thomas Hector Cameron
Rank:Private
Unit:60th Bn
Service:Army
Place Of Enlistment:Port Melbourne, VIC
Date of Death:19 July 1916
Cause of Death:Killed in action
Cemetery or Memorial:7 V C Corner Australian Cemetery France

BOYD, Thomas Hewett
Rank:Lieutenant
Unit:M C 6th Bn Australian Inf
Service:Army
Place Of Enlistment:Melbourne, VIC
Date of Death:04 Oct 1917
Cemetery or Memorial:BELGIUM 123 Passenchendale New Bristish Cemetery

BOYD, Thomas Murray
Rank:Bombardier
Unit:5th Div Ammunition Col Field Artillery
Service:Army
Place Of Enlistment:Sydney, NSW
Date of Death:30 Sept 1917
Cemetery or Memorial:29 The Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial Belgium
Notes:Age 26 Son of Thomas and Mary Boyd,of 21,Wynward Rd.,Mount Eden,
Auckland,New Zealand

BOYD, William
Rank:Private
Unit:16th Bn
Service:Army
Place Of Enlistment:Perth, WA
Date of Death:14 Sept 1915
Cause of Death:Died of wounds at sea
Cemetery or Memorial:6 Lone Pine Memorial

BOYD, William
Rank:Private
Unit:7th Fld Amb
Service:Army
Native Place:Belfast Ireland
Date of Death:11 Aug 1920
Cemetery or Memorial:Karrakatta WA Pres CA 83
Next Of Kin:Widow - Mrs H Boyd

BOYD, William
Rank:Private
Unit:53rd Bn
Service:Army
Place Of Enlistment:Lidcombe, NSW
Date of Death:19 July 1916
Cause of Death:Killed in action
Cemetery or Memorial:7 V C Corner Australian Cemetery France

BOYD, William
Rank:Private
Unit:4th Battalion AIF
Service:Army
Place Of Enlistment:Wyong, NSW
Date of Death:05 May 1917
Cemetery or Memorial:26 Villers Bretonneux-France

BOYD, William Edward
Rank:Sergt
Unit:17th Bn Australian Inf
Service:Army
Place Of Enlistment:Chatswood, NSW
Date of Death:09 April 1918
Cause of Death:Killed in action
Cemetery or Memorial:FRANCE 490 Gentelles Communal Cemetery
Notes:Age 22 Son of William and Johanna Boyd,of Sydney St.,Chatswood,
New South Wales

CARR-BOYD, Adair
Rank:Sergt
Unit:2nd Bn Australian Inf
Service:Army
Place Of Enlistment:Inverell, NSW
Native Place:Born at Glen Innes, New South Wales
Date of Death:30 July 1915
Cause of Death:Died of enteric
Cemetery or Memorial:EUROPE 1 Pieta Military Cemetery
Notes: Age 29 Son of John Adair Carr-Boyd and Rose Anna Carr-Boyd,of
Argyle Cottage,Belgravia, Inverell,New South Wales

CARR-BOYD, George William
Rank:Corporal
Unit:47th Bn
Service:Army
Place Of Enlistment:Esk, QLD
Native Place:Brisbane,Queensland
Date of Death: 12 Oct 1917
Cemetery or Memorial:29 The Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial Belgium
Notes: Age 20 Son of Isabel Carr (formerly Carr-Boyd),of Sylvan
Rd.,Toowong, Queensland,and the late R. Carr-Boyd

CARR-BOYD, Harrie Montague
Rank:Gunner
Unit:5th Bde Australian Field Artillery
Service:Army
Place Of Enlistment:Newcastle, NSW
Native Place:Born at Wallsend, New South Wales
Date of Death: 24 April 1917
Cause of Death:Died of wounds
Cemetery or Memorial:FRANCE 512 Grevillers British Cemetery
Notes: Age 28 Son of William and Ada Louisa Carr-Boyd, of Egerton, Earl
St.,Mosman,New South Wales

CARR-BOYD, John Gerald
Rank:Private
Unit:47th Bn
Service:Army
Place Of Enlistment:Wynnum, Qld
Native Place:Brisbane,Queensland
Date of Death:12 Oct 1917
Cemetery or Memorial:29 The Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial Belgium
Notes:Age 25 Son of Gerald John Leake Carr-Boyd and Millicent Annie
Carr-Boyd,of Tingal Rd., Wynnum Queensland


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