BOAG, William
(Service number 57461)
| First Rank | Private | Last Rank | Private |
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Birth
| Date | 11 January 1890 | Place of Birth | Timaru |
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Enlistment Information
| Date | 26 May 1917 | Age | 27 years |
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| Address at Enlistment | Lyndhurst | ||
| Occupation | Farmer | ||
| Previous Military Experience | |||
| Marital Status | Single on enlistment then married before embarkation | ||
| Next of Kin | Mrs Susan Ann BOAG (wife), Lyndhurst, Canterbury | ||
Military Service
| Served with | NZ Armed Forces | Served in | Army |
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Embarkation Information
| Body on Embarkation | New Zealand Expeditionary Force | ||
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| Unit, Squadron, or Ship | 29th Reinforcements, Canterbury Infantry Regiment, C Company | ||
| Date | 15 August 1917 | ||
| Transport | Ruahine | ||
| Embarked From | Wellington | Destination | Glasgow, Scotland |
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| Last Unit Served With | Canterbury Infantry Regiment | ||
Military Awards
| Campaigns | Western European | ||
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| Service Medals | British War Medal; Victory Medal | ||
Award Circumstances and Date
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Prisoner of War Information
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Death
| Date | 3 March 1964 | Age | 74 years |
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| Place of Death | Ashburton | ||
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| Memorial or Cemetery | Ashburton Cemetery | ||
| New Zealand Memorials | |||
Biographical Notes
William Boag was born on 11 January 1890 at Timaru, the fifth of the six children and younger son of William and Eliza (née Garland) Boag. His two oldest sisters attended Gleniti School until the family moved to Halswell where William, too, was educated before transferring to Cust at the end of 1899. His father died in 1898 and his mother married William Pickering in 1907. William, junior, was farming in the Methven district when he enlisted on 26 May 1917 at Ashburton. He married Susan Ann chambers on 12 June 1917 at Methven and she became his next-of-kin.
Private W. Boag embarked with the Canterbury Infantry Regiment of the 29th Reinforcements, leaving from Wellington for Glasgow, Scotland on 15 August 1917 per the “Ruahine”. Both his mother (Mrs Pickering) and his wife (Mrs S. A. Boag) received advice in mid-September 1918 that Private W. Boag, of the 29th Reinforcements, had been wounded in the thigh on 26 August and admitted to hospital in England on 3 September. William embarked for the return to New Zealand on 8 June 1919 per the “Chupra”. He was discharged on 25 August 1919 and awarded the British War Medal and the Victory Medal.
Five daughters and two sons were born to William and Susan after the war. William died at Ashburton on 3 March 1964, aged 74 years. After a service at St Stephen’s Anglican Church, he was buried in the Ashburton Cemetery. He was survived by his wife, seven children, grandchildren and one great-grandchild. When Susan died in 1998, she was buried with him. His brother, David Alexander Boag, was a farmer at Lyndhurst, Ashburton when he was called up in 1916.
Sources
Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [31 December 2024]; NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [31 December 2024]; School Admission records [31 December 2024]; Ashburton Cemetery headstone image & burial record (Ashburton District Council) [31 December 2024]; Lyttelton Times, 18 September 1918, Press, 4 March 1964 (Papers Past) [31 December 2024]
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