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Basil McDavitt Boyle

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  • Service number
    20203 AWMM
  • Also known as
    Basil McDevitt Boyle AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Last rank
  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
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Basil M Boyle

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Basil McDavitt AWMM
  • Surname
    Boyle AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    Basil McDevitt Boyle AWMM
  • Service number
    20203 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    1916 Public Source
  • Date of birth
    • 1916 Public - Grace Olivia - Direct descendant - 8 September 2018 - Family papers
    • updated birth detail: January 14 1915 Public - grace - Direct descendant - 25 September 2020 - Family Records
  • Place of birth
    • Lower Hutt, Wellington Public - Grace Olivia - Direct descendant - 8 September 2018 - Family papers
    • updated info: • Pahiatua, Tararua District, Manawatu-Wanganui, New Zealand Public - grace - Direct descendant - 25 September 2020 - Family Records
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Unknown AWMM 57 Park Road, Palmerston North, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
    Senior Traffic Officer - Gisborne, New Zealand Public - Grace Olivia - Direct descendant - 8 September 2018 - Family papers
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    • Mrs B. McD. Boyle (wife), 57 Park Road, Palmerston North, New Zealand AWMM
    • Olive Edna Boyle (nee Harris) Public - Grace Olivia - Direct descendant - 8 September 2018 - Family papers
  • Relationship status
    Unknown AWMM Married AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    20203 AWMM
  • Military service
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Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW2 Unknown AWMM Regular soldier/Civilian AWMM
    AWMM
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
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Medical history

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Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • BDM, Deaths lists middle name as McDevitt. AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    1968 AWMM
    Age 52 AWMM
    AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • In your memory - love your granddaughter Grace.
    Public - Grace Olivia - Direct descendant - 8 September 2018
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Sources

Sources

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  • External links
    Births, Deaths and Marriages (New Zealand) Historical Records online
    https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz
    Sources Used
  • References
    Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1941). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 2 (Embarkations to 30th June, 1940). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
    WW2 2: WW2 23 AWMM

Contributors

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DateFirst namesLocationRelationshipContact
25 September 2020graceNew ZealandDirect descendant
25 April 2020Leah Hamilton, New ZealandDirect descendant
08 September 2018Grace OliviaAucklandDirect descendant

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