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Hugh BOYD

Regimental number2562
Place of birthWalhalla, Victoria
SchoolState School, Walhalla, Victoria
ReligionMethodist
OccupationGrocer
AddressErica Post Office, Erica, Moe, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation18
Height5' 4"
Weight112 lbs
Next of kinStep-Father, J S Wilson, Erica PO, Erica, Moe, Victoria
Previous military serviceNil (lived in exempt area under Compulsory Military Training scheme)
Enlistment date2 August 1915
Place of enlistmentMelbourne, Victoria
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name24th Battalion, 6th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/41/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A38 Ulysses on 27 October 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll59th Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularName given on RoH circular as Hugh James BOYD. Served as Battalion Bomber.
FateKilled in Action 19 July 1916
Place of death or woundingFleurbaix, France (Battle of Fromelles)
Date of death19 July 1916
Age at death19.8
Age at death from cemetery records19
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsV.C. Corner (Panel No 15), Australian Cemetery Memorial, Fromelles, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
167
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: John and Maud BOYD. Native of Walhalla, Victoria
Family/military connectionsBrother: 2561 Pte John Alexander BOYD, 59th Bn, returned to Australia, 13 April 1919.
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Taken on strength of 60th Bn, Tel el Kebir, 26 February 1916.

Transferred to 59th Bn, 21 March 1916; taken on strength of 59th Bn, Tel el Kebir, 22 March 1916.

Found guilty, 26 March 1916, of being absent from 1400 to 1600 hour Parade: awarded 4 hours' pack drill and 1 week's fatigue.

Sick to hospital, Moascar, 1 June 1916; rejoined unit, the same day.

Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 18 June 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 29 June 1916.

Posted missing, 19 July 1916.

Court of Enquiry, held in the field, 29 August 1917, pronounced fate as 'Killed in Action, 19 July 1916'.

Note on B.103, 'presume buried in No Man's Land approx at 5J9043 to 5K0251 Sheet Hazebrouck 5a'.

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNAA: B2455, BOYD Hugh

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