Regimental number | 5555 |
Place of birth | Yackadandah, Victoria |
School | Yackadandah State School, Victoria |
Religion | Roman Catholic |
Occupation | Horse breaker |
Address | 'Chelsea House', Chelsea, Victoria |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 27 |
Next of kin | Mother, Mrs Catherine Boyce, Rutherglen, Victoria |
Previous military service | Nil |
Enlistment date | |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 23rd Battalion, 15th Reinforcement |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/40/4 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A9 Shropshire on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Private |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 23rd Battalion |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Place of death or wounding | Passchendaele, Ypres, Belgium |
Date of death | |
Age at death | 29 |
Age at death from cemetery records | 28 |
Place of burial | Tyne Cot Cemetery (Plot XL, Row G, Grave No. 6), Passchendaele, Belgium |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 98 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: John and Catherine BOYCE, Melvor Street, Cheltenham, Victoria |
Family/military connections | Brothers: 3250A Sapper Edward BOYCE, 5th Divisional Signal Company, returned to Australia, 17 March 1919; [3520B] 2/Lt Francis Patrick BOYCE MM, 1st Divisional Signal Company, returned to Australia, 17 March 1919; 1121 Pte George Henry BOYCE, 22nd Bn, died of wounds, France, 13 April 1918. |
Other details |
War service: Western Front Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal |