 1896 - 1934 (38 years)
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| Name |
Boyce, Edward Edmund |
| Title |
Lance Corporal |
| Born |
09 Jan 1896 |
Dederang, Victoria, Australia  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Reference Number |
3520 |
| Died |
29 Dec 1934 |
Tallangatta, Victoria, Australia |
| Person ID |
I31 |
Boyce Genealogy |
| Last Modified |
1 Oct 2013 |
| Father |
Boyce, John, b. 01 Jun 1855, Barker Station, Mt. Harcourt, Victoria, Aust. , d. 09 Apr 1911, Tallangatta, Victoria, Australia (Age 55 years) |
| Relationship |
Natural |
| Mother |
Creamer, Catherine Alice, b. 17 Apr 1861, Yackandandah, Victoria, Australia , d. 24 Nov 1955, Toorak, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia (Age 94 years) |
| Relationship |
Natural |
| Married |
06 Jun 1880 |
Yackandandah, Victoria, Australia |
| Family ID |
F3 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
McQuade, Margaret Mary, b. 1898, Springvale, Victoria, Australia , d. 12 Jun 1984, West Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia (Age 86 years) |
| Married |
06 Feb 1928 |
Mentone, Victoria, Australia |
| Children |
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| Family ID |
F13 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Notes |
- 3520 Lance Corporal Edward Boyce
Enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force at Melbourne Victoria on 6 July 1915
Stated on enlistment that he was 19 and 5/12 years of age.
Served overseas in the Middle East and France with the following units:
6th Australian Infanctry Battalion
1st Australian ANZAC Wireless Section
5th Divisional Signal Company
Discharged for the Australian Imperial Force in Victoria on 12 October 1918.
Medals Issued: 1914/15 Star
British War Medal
Victory Medal
Edward BOYCE
Regimental number 3520A
Religion Roman Catholic
Occupation Postal assistant
Address Tallangatta Valley, Victoria
Marital status Single
Age at embarkation 19
Next of kin Mother, Mrs C Boyce, Ariel, Tallangatta Valley, Victoria
Enlistment date 6 July 1915
Rank on enlistment Private
Unit name 6th Battalion, 11th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number 23/23/3
Embarkation details Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A71 Nestor on 11 October 1915
Regimental number from Nominal Roll 3520
Rank from Nominal Roll Sapper
Unit from Nominal Roll 5th Divisional Signal Company
Fate Returned to Australia 31 July 1918
Family/military connections Brother: 3520B 2/Lt Francis Patrick BOYCE MM, 1st Divisional Signal Company, returned to Australia, 17 March 1919.
The Argus (Melbourne, Vic.Friday 4 January 1935)
MURRAY RIVER MYSTERY
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POISON FOUND IN BODY Last Seen on Christmas Eve
[ ALBURY (N.S.W.), Thursday.-Traces
of poison were found in the stomach of Edward Boyce, aged 40 years, a returned soldier, of Tallangatta, whose body was found In the Murray River at Granya, 30 miles from Albury, on Tuesday. The body was seen by the puntman at Granya, who informed the police. Constable Opperman recovered the body and con- veyed it to the Tallangatta morgue, where an examination was made. Constable Opperman has taken certain organs to Melbourne for further examination. An inquest will be held when the report of the examination Is received. Boyce left a widow and child. He was last seen at Tallangatta on Christmas eve. It is believed that the body had been in the water for four or five days.
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