Regimental number | 2799 |
Place of birth | Gladstone, Tasmania |
School | George Street State School, Fitzroy, Victoria |
Religion | Presbyterian |
Occupation | Grocer |
Address | Fitzroy, Victoria |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 22 |
Next of kin | Father, J T Boyd, 409 Brunswick Street, Fitzroy, Victoria |
Enlistment date | |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 8th Battalion, 9th Reinforcement |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/25/3 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board SS Makarini on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Private |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 60th Battalion |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Place of death or wounding | Fleurbaix, France (Battle of Fromelles) |
Date of death | |
Age at death | 23 |
Age at death from cemetery records | 23 |
Place of burial | No known grave |
Commemoration details | V.C. Corner (Panel No 19), Australian Cemetery Memorial, Fromelles, France |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 169 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: John and Mary BOYD, 110 Bennett Street, North Fitzroy. Native of Tasmania |
Other details |
Statement, Red Cross File No 0490104, 1652 Pte R. PORTMAN, 60th Bn (patient, 1st Australian Auxiliary Hospital, Harefield, England), 13 November 1916: 'At Fleurbaix he was killed on 19th out in No Man's Land[.] I saw him lying dead as I came back. I knew him well, was in my platoon, used to serve in Canteen, he was sent to Paris to take part in a review and only came back day before.' Note on file: 'No trace Germany[.] Cert. by Capt. Mills 10-10-19.' |
Sources | Red Cross File No 0490104 |