H05600 Accession Number: H05600

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Studio portrait of Lieutenant (Lt) Thomas Hewett Boyd, 6th Battalion, of Alphington, Vic. A compositor in civilian life, he initially enlisted as a Private (Pte) and embarked from Melbourne on HMAT Hororata on 19th October 1914. After promotion to Lieutenant he was awarded the Military Cross for conspicuous service in France. On 4th October 1917 he was killed in action and was initially buried close to where he fell. Following the Armistice his body was exhumed and re-interred in the Passchendaele New British Cemetery. His only brother 5207 Gunner (Gnr) Harold William Boyd died of wounds in France.

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Accession Number
H05600
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Print
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Date Made
c 1917
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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