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George Henry BOYCE

Regimental number1121
Place of birthBeechworth, Victoria
SchoolYackandandah State School, Victoria
ReligionRoman Catholic
OccupationPorter
Address11 Union Street, Kew, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation24
Next of kinMother, Mrs Catherine Boyce, 11 Union Street, Kew, Victoria
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date5 April 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name22nd Battalion, B Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/39/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A38 Ulysses on 10 May 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll22nd Battalion
FateDied of wounds 13 April 1918
Place of death or woundingFrance
Date of death13 April 1918
Age at death27
Place of burialDoullens Communal Cemetry Extension No. 1 (Plot VI, Row C, Grave No. 31), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
95
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: John and Catherine Alice BOYCE, Cheltenham, Victoria
Family/military connectionsBrothers: 3250A Sapper Edward BOYCE, 5th Divisional Signal Company, returned to Australia, 17 March 1919; [3520B] 2/Lt Francis Patrick BOYCE MM, 1st Divisional Signal Company, returned to Australia, 17 March 1919; 5555 Thomas BOYCE, 23rd Bn, killed in action, Passchendaele, Belgium, 10 November 1917.
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli, Western Front

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

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