BOYCE, Samuel Frederick
(Service number 85791)
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Birth
| Date | 26/03/1876 | Place of Birth | Timaru |
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Enlistment Information
| Date | 13 April 1918 | Age | 42 years |
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| Address at Enlistment | 340 Barbadoes Street, Christchurch | ||
| Occupation | Bootmaker | ||
| Previous Military Experience | Timaru Rifles - resigned | ||
| Marital Status | Married. One child | ||
| Next of Kin | Mrs A. BOYCE (wife), 340 Barbadoes Street, Christchurch | ||
Military Service
| Served with | NZ Armed Forces | Served in | Army |
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Death
| Date | 10 June 1940 | Age | 64 years |
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| Memorial or Cemetery | Bromley Cemetery, Christchurch | ||
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Biographical Notes
Samuel Frederick Boyce was the eldest surviving son of Frederick and Mary Elizabeth (née Shears) Boyce, the first-born having died in infancy. He was born on 26 March 1876 at Timaru. His name at birth and on enlistment was Samuel Frederick, while he married, died and was buried as Samuel John. Along with his siblings he was educated variously at Timaru South School and Timaru Main School, leaving to go out to work just before his fourteenth birthday. In late 1893 the family moved to Cheviot where Frederick, senior, died in 1899. Samuel married Agnes Gray on 12 February 1903 at Christchurch, and they had ason born on 22 June 1911 – Royal Samuel George Boyce. Samuel, a bootmaker, was drawn in the ballot and called up in 1918. His brother, Frederick Boyce, served in World War I and returned home wounded. .
Sources
NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [15 July 2020]; School Admission records (South Canterbury Branch NZSG) [15 July 2020]; Bromley Cemetery headstone transcription [16 July 2020], Bromley Cemetery burial record (Christchurch City Council) [16 July 2020]
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