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Robert Melville BOYD

Regimental number2269
Place of birthSmythesdale, Victoria
SchoolSmythesdale State School, Victoria
ReligionMethodist
OccupationBlacksmith
AddressSmythesdale, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation21
Next of kinMother, Mrs Mary Boyd, Smythesdale, Victoria
Enlistment date16 September 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name23rd Battalion, 4th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/40/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A20 Hororata on 27 September 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll23rd Battalion
FateDied of wounds 6 August 1916
Place of death or woundingPozieres, Somme Sector, France
Date of death6 August 1916
Age at death22
Age at death from cemetery records22
Place of burialWarloy-Baillon Communal Cemetery Extension (Plot VII, Row E, Grave No. 32), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
98
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: William and Mary BOYD, 12 Austin Street, Newtown, Geelong, Victoria. Native of Smythesdale, Victoria
Family/military connectionsBrother: 5044 Pte George William BOYD, 8th Bn, killed in action, Ypres, 1 October 1916.

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