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William Edward Boyes

1876-1918

Unit

Main Body

Section

Section No.3

Rank

Sapper

Serial

4/1404

About

Born in England

20 January 1876
Parent

Father

Edwin Boyes
Residence

Hometown

Ohakune
Work

Occupation

Labourer

Employer

Public Works Department
Personal Life

Marital Status

Single

Army Experience

World War I (1914-1918)

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British War Medal ribbon

British War Medal

Victory Medal ribbon

Victory Medal

Death

Died at the age of 42

17 December 1918

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira: Online Cenotaph He Toa Taumata Rau.

New Zealand Archives Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga, AABK 18805 W5520 94/0015897, Military Personnel File.

Nominal Roll of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, 1915. New Zealand Engineers Tunnelling Company, Government Printer, Wellington, 1916, p. 4.

How to cite this page

Anthony Byledbal, “William Edward Boyes (1876-1918)“, New Zealand Tunnellers Website, NaN (2009), Accessed: . URL: www.nztunnellers.com/tunnellers/63

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