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BOYCE, Charles
(Service number 21773)

Aliases aka Charles BOYES (birth name)
First Rank Rifleman Last Rank Rifleman

Birth

Date 22 January 1884 Place of Birth Waimate

Enlistment Information

Date Age
Address at Enlistment C/o Waimate Post Office
Occupation Labourer
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status
Next of Kin Mrs Benjamin BETTEN (sister), Parsonage Road, Waimate
Religion
Medical Information

Military Service

Served with NZ Armed Forces Served in Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation New Zealand Rifle Brigade
Unit, Squadron, or Ship 7th Reinforcements, 3rd Battalion, G Company
Date 21 August 1916
Transport Mokoia
Embarked From Destination Plymouth, Devon, England
Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With New Zealand Rifle Brigade

Military Awards

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Where Captured and by Whom
Actions Prior to Capture
PoW Serial Number
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Days Interned
Liberation Date

Discharge

Date Reason

Hospitals, Wounds, Diseases and Illnesses

Post-war Occupations

Death

Date 29 June 1966 Age
Place of Death Waimate
Cause
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Memorial or Cemetery
Memorial Reference
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

Charles Boyce was born Charles Boyes on 22 January 1884 at Waimate, the son of Charles and Catherine (née Darrack) Boyes.

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [12 December 2016]

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