Participant Info

Given Name

Robert Francis

Family Name

Boyd

Service Number

1709

Place of Birth

Bairnsdale VIC

Occupation

Labourer

Place of Enlistment

Bairnsdale VIC

Next of Kin

Mother, Mrs Cecelia McPhie, Nowa Nowa, Orbost, Victoria

Address on Enlistment

Metung, Victoria

Unit on Embarkation

5th Battalion, 4th Reinforcement

Age at Embarkation

22

Embarkation Vessel

HMAT A18 Wiltshire, Melbourne VIC on 14 April 1915

Rank on Enlistment

Private

Unit at Discharge

Rank at Death/Discharge

Private

Date of Return

Place of death or wounding

France

Date of Death

28/10/1916

Fate

KIA

Place of burial/memorial

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Link to record

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