AUSTRALIAN COMMANDOS Boyd, Charles William

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Boyd ​

• FORENAME

Charles William ​

• UNIT

2/1 Independent Company ​

• RANK

Lance Corporal ​

• NUMBER

VX29988 ​

• DATE OF DEATH

1st July 1942 ​

• AGE

23 ​

• GRAVESITE

Rabaul Memorial, Papua New Guinea Panel 12 ​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

born 26.07.1918, Sherrington, Wiltshire, UK​

father William James Boyd (1891-1955)​

mother Mary Elizabeth (nee Nursaw) Boyd (1898-1979) of Somerville, Victoria​

civil occupation farm hand​

single upon enlistment​

05.07.1940 enlisted Caulfield, Victoria​

POW 2.2.1942 at sea​

lost when Japanese ship Montevideo Maru sunk by USS Sturgeon off Philippines ​