BOYD  H.

Given Names:  Harry

               

Service Number:  6774

Unit:  23rd Battalion, 19th reinforcements                                                                         

Rank:  Private  

Paybook Number:  171714

 

Age:  21 Yrs  2 Mths

Occupation:  Clerk                                                                                                         

Marital Status:  Single

Religion:  Presbyterian

 

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION           

Height:  5 Ft  4 In                     

Weight:  99 Lbs

Chest:  30-33 In

Hair:  Fair

Eyes:  Blue

Complexion:  Fair

 

ENLISTMENT

Date Enlisted:  5/2/1917

Place:  Melbourne

Next of Kin:  MOTHER  Mrs Ellen Boyd

9 Lofts Avenue, Kew, Victoria                                                                                           

Embarkation Date:  11/5/1917

Port:  Melbourne                                       

Ship:  HMAT Ascanius A11

 

END OF WAR 

Status:  Returned to Australia

Ship:  Port Sydney                                    

Embarked:  22/9/1919                               

Disembarked:  12/11/1919

Unit:  5th Machine Gun Battalion                                                                                                   

Rank:  Private

Discharge Date:  20/12/1919                     

Place:  Melbourne

 

MEDALS AND AWARDS

14/15 Star:  Not earned

British War Medal:  65416

Victory Medal:  63095

Other:   

 

BIRTH

Date or Year:  18/11/1896

Place:  Moonee Ponds, Victoria                

Father:  William Alexander BOYD            

Mother:  Nellie SMITH

 

MARRIAGE

Year:  1923     

Place:             

Spouse: Doris May SIMCOX

 

DEATH

Date or Year: 1936                                 

Place: Melbourne, Victoria                       

Burial:  ,

 

SERVICE RECORD HIGHLIGHTS

Stated was gassed, but no record

 

 

MEMORIALS

Kew War Memorial

 

WORLD WAR 2 SERVICE

Service Number:                                                    

Date Enlisted:                                                        

Date Discharged: 

 

COMMENTS

FURTHER INFORMATION

 

Kew Rotary