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BOYCE, James Henry
(Service number 7/1337)

World War One servicemen, circa 1914-1919 — Five members of the 8th (SC) Mounted Rifles, pictured in a studio portrait. Pictured are (rom left to right)):
At back: Les Richards, Norman Joyce, J H Boyce;
Front: Ted Garland (Corporal), Harry Hawke. (Waimate Museum & Archives P6855)

Hand painted full length portrait of James Henry Boyce (Waimate Museum & Archives 2002-1026-08263)

Aliases
First Rank	Trooper	Last Rank	Sergeant

Birth

Date	05/08/1895	Place of Birth	Waituna, Waimate

Enlistment Information

Date	15 Aug 1914-31 Dec 1915	Age
Address at Enlistment	Waituna, Waimate
Occupation	Farm worker
Previous Military Experience	8th South Canterbury Mounted Rifles - still serving
Marital Status	Single
Next of Kin	William Boyce (father), Waituna, Waimate
Religion	W. Methodist
Medical Information

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in	Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation	6th Reinforcements
Unit, Squadron, or Ship	Canterbury Mounted Rifles
Date	14 August 1915
Transport	Tofua
Embarked From	Wellington	Destination	Suez, Egypt

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With

Military Awards

Campaigns
Service Medals
Military Awards

Award Circumstances and Date

No information

Prisoner of War Information

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

Discharge

Date		Reason

Hospitals, Wounds, Diseases and Illnesses

Post-war Occupations

Farmer

Death

Date	10 November 1962	Age	67 years
Place of Death
Cause
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery	Timaru Cemetery
Memorial Reference	General Section, Row 51, Plot 201A
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

James Henry Boyce was born on 5 August 1895 at Waimate, the second son of William and Klasina (née Kaan) Boyce. The family farmed at Waituna near Waimate. In 1920 James married Beatrice Mary Wilson Lock. They had a son and a daughter, the ashes of both interred with James and Beatrice at Timaru Cemetery.

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [August 2014 & 15 July 2020]; NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [15 July 2020]; Timaru Cemetery headstone image (Timaru District Council) [15 July 2020]; Waimate Museum & Archives on NZ Museums at http://www.nzmuseums.co.nz/account/3188/object/550816

External Links

Researched and Written by

Carol Bell, SC branch NZSG; Sue Hanham, Waimate Museum & Archives; Teresa Scott, SC branch NZSG

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