BOYCE, James Henry
(Service number 7/1337)
| First Rank | Trooper | Last Rank | Sergeant |
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Birth
| Date | 05/08/1895 | Place of Birth | Waituna, Waimate |
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Enlistment Information
| Date | 15 Aug 1914-31 Dec 1915 | Age | |
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| 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 | ||
Military Service
| Served with | NZ Armed Forces | Served in | Army |
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Embarkation Information
| Body on Embarkation | 6th Reinforcements | ||
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| Unit, Squadron, or Ship | Canterbury Mounted Rifles | ||
| Date | 14 August 1915 | ||
| Transport | Tofua | ||
| Embarked From | Wellington | Destination | Suez, Egypt |
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Military Awards
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Award Circumstances and Date
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Prisoner of War Information
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Death
| Date | 10 November 1962 | Age | 67 years |
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| Memorial or Cemetery | Timaru Cemetery | ||
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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
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Researched and Written by
Carol Bell, SC branch NZSG; Sue Hanham, Waimate Museum & Archives; Teresa Scott, SC branch NZSG
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