Regimental number | 2562 |
Place of birth | Walhalla, Victoria |
School | State School, Walhalla, Victoria |
Religion | Methodist |
Occupation | Grocer |
Address | Erica Post Office, Erica, Moe, Victoria |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 18 |
Height | 5' 4" |
Weight | 112 lbs |
Next of kin | Step-Father, J S Wilson, Erica PO, Erica, Moe, Victoria |
Previous military service | Nil (lived in exempt area under Compulsory Military Training scheme) |
Enlistment date | |
Place of enlistment | Melbourne, Victoria |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 24th Battalion, 6th Reinforcement |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/41/2 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A38 Ulysses on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Private |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 59th Battalion |
Other details from Roll of Honour Circular | Name given on RoH circular as Hugh James BOYD. Served as Battalion Bomber. |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Place of death or wounding | Fleurbaix, France (Battle of Fromelles) |
Date of death | |
Age at death | 19.8 |
Age at death from cemetery records | 19 |
Place of burial | No known grave |
Commemoration details | V.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 connections | Brother: 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 |
Sources | NAA: B2455, BOYD Hugh |