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Stanley Wilson BOYD

Regimental number7315
Place of birthCarlton, Victoria
SchoolPreston State School and Melbourne Technical School, Victoria
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationCarpenter
AddressNorthcote, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation23
Next of kinFather, W Boyd, 40 Clarendon Street, Northcote, Victoria
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date12 June 1915
Rank on enlistmentCorporal
Unit name2nd Casualty Clearing Station
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A45 Bulla on 25 November 1915
Rank from Nominal RollBombardier
Unit from Nominal Roll8th Field Artillery Brigade
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularServed as Sergeant for 2 years in the 2nd Casualty Clearing Station, and was in charge of erecting their buildings near Steenwerk.
FateDied of wounds 11 November 1917
Place of death or woundingnr Messines, Belgium
Date of death11 November 1917
Age at death25
Age at death from cemetery records25
Place of burialTrois-Arbres Cemetery (Plot II, Row B, Grave No. 43), Steenwerck, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
15
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: William and Ellen BOYD, 40 Clarendon Street, Northcote, Victoria. Native of Carlton

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