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Percival James BOYD

Regimental number2040
Place of birthWaterloo, Victoria
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationBlacksmith
AddressRainbow, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation22
Next of kinMother, Mrs Elizabeth Boyd, 426 Errard Street, Ballarat, Victoria
Enlistment date16 May 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name39th Battalion, 3rd Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/56/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A9 Shropshire on 25 September 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll39th Battalion
FateReturned to Australia 27 August 1917
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Plaque in Victorian Garden of Remembrance
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
Date of death19 June 1947
Age at death52
Place of burialBallarat (New) Cemetery, Victoria

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