Description
Collection relating to service of 1916 Lance Corporal James Boe, 1 Light Trench Mortar Battery, Gallipoli and France, 1915-1916. Collection includes copies of letters describing active service written home to family in Scotland. Copies made 1928 by Australia House, London on behalf of Australian War Memorial. Location of originals unknown. Boe died on 20 July 1916.
Contextual Description
Biographical note: 1916 Lance Corporal James Boe, 1916. 1 Light Trench Mortar Battery. Killed in Action, Pozieres, 20 July 1916. Age 29. Son of John and Elizabeth McColm Boe, of 15 Clenoch St., Stranraer, Scotland.
Details
Accession Number
1DRL/0132
Classification
Private Record
Date Made
1914-1916; 1928
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Provenance
AWM93 12/11/371
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