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Angus BOSTON

Regimental number3249
Place of birthMount Gambier, South Australia
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationLabourer
AddressNaracoorte, South Australia
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation27
Height5' 4.5"
Weight122 lbs
Next of kinWife, Mrs C Boston, Naracoorte, South Australia
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date16 August 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll14 August 1915
Place of enlistmentAdelaide, South Australia
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name10th Battalion, 11th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/27/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A24 Benalla on 27 October 1915
Rank from Nominal RollCorporal
Unit from Nominal Roll50th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 2 April 1917
Place of death or woundingFrance
Date of death2 April 1917
Age at death28
Age at death from cemetery records28
Place of burialNoreuil Australian Cemetery (Special Memorial Row A, Grave No. 8), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
150
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Thomas and Hannah BOSTON; husband of C. BOSTON, Mount Gambier, South Australia. Born at Naracoorte, South Australia
Family/military connectionsBrother: 3250 Pte Thomas BOSTON, 10th Bn, killed in action, 2 April 1917.
Other details

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

SourcesNAA: B2455, BOSTON Angus

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