Soldier profiles
Name : BOYD, JOHN ANDERSON
Service Number : NX30476
Date of Birth : 20/03/1905
Place of Birth : MOSMAN, NSW
Known as :
Occupation on Enlistment : JACKEROO, BOOKKEEPER, OVERSEER, PROPERTY MANAGER, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR INSPECTOR
Date of Enlistment : 12/06/1940
Locality on Enlistment : BROGANS CREEK, NSW
Place of Enlistment : PADDINGTON, NSW
Next of Kin : BOYD, ROBERT
Rank (at time of discharge / death) : TROOPER
Service : ARMY
Final Posting : 2/3 REINFORCEMENTS 7 DIVISION CAVALRY REGIMENT
Position / Platoon / Company (as 2/2 Pioneer) (date / details) :
Unit Transfers / Promotions (date / details) : 2/2 PIONEER BATTALION
Theatres of War : SYRIA, NEW GUINEA
Actions :
Wounded (date / details) :
Discharged : 27/12/1944
Date Died : 29/12/1954
Age at Death : 49
Community Roll of Honour : N/A
Buried Location / Memorial (P.O.W., D.O.W., K.I.A.) : WODEN CEMETERY, CANBERRA, AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY, AUSTRALIA.
K.I.A. (date / details) : N/A
D.O.W. (date / details) : N/A
M.I.A. (date / details) : N/A
P.O.W. (location/s) : NO
Died P.O.W. (date / details) : N/A
P.O.W. Camps (details) : N/A
Recovered P.O.W. (location/s) : N/A
Honours and Gallantry : None for display
Applicable Australian War Memorial circulars : NO
References found (entries & photos) : National Archives of Australia (Barcode 4902334 [NOT EXAMINED]), WW2 Nominal Roll, Past article (size 182kB), Death notice (The Canberra Times 31/12/1954), Funeral notice (The Canberra Times 31/12/1954), Headstone [photo courtesy of J. Veal (son of VX38234 E. S. Veal)]
Background : Diploma of Agriculture in 1924. Husband of Pat. Father of Ian. Died at Canberra Community Hospital. Funeral was on 31/12/1954.
