William Boyd

Forenames

William AWMM

Surname

Boyd AWMM

Service number

WWI 12/315 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Address before enlistment

WW1 Unknown AWMM Rotorua, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

WW1 Mrs F.M. Boyd (wife), 9 Church Street, Ponsonby, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Pre 16 Oct 1914 AWMM Married AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 12/315 AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 Unknown AWMM

Embarkation details

WW1 16 Oct 1914-03 Dec 1914 AWMM
HMNZT 8 or HMNZT 12 AWMM Vessel was Star of India or Waimana AWMM Private AWMM Auckland Infantry Battalion AWMM Main Body AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Private AWMM
Auckland Infantry Regiment AWMM

Son of Mr W. Boyd of Northcote Street, Naremburn St, Sydney, Australia

Next of Kin: Mrs Boyd, 9 Church Street Auckland (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 1)) AWMM

Death

2 May 1917 AWMM

Cemetery

Waikumete Cemetery, Glen Eden, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM Ang. Block C, Row 8, Grave 49. AWMM

Memorial name

• Rotorua War Memorial (World War 1) AWMM
• Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM

Related objects

External links

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R22278303
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/643045/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/643045
  Further Reference

References

• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  Page No: 71
• Beattie, P.J. & Pomeroy, M. (2013-2020). Onward : portraits of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (vols 1-5). Auckland, New Zealand: Fair Dinkum Publications
  Vol. 5: Includes portrait
• Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2.
• Burton, O. (1922). The Auckland regiment : being an account of the doings on active service of the First, Second and Third Battalions of the Auckland Regiment. Wellington, N.Z.: Whitcombe & Tombs.