William Edwin Boyce

William Edwin Boyce

Private 1218 — 32nd Bn, 8th Brigade, Single, Age : 29

Born : Gulgong, New South Wales, Australia (date-1916)

Address : Meekatharra, Western Australia

Engine driver

William was severely wounded during the Battle of Fromelles.

Another soldier said in a report that they had to leave him in the German trenches when the enemy made a counter-attack.

His name appeared on German death list dated 4-11-1916, and his identification disc was sent to his family on March 1917.

Posted missing on 20 July 1916. He was reported killed in action in a report dated on 13 March 1917.

Fromelles, Pheasant Wood Military Cemetery, Plot II-E-10

Engagement date : 19 July 1915

Arrived in France : 23 June 1916

Killed in combat : 20 July 1916

Identified : March 2018