John Moss BOARDMAN MM

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BOARDMAN, John Moss

Service Number:	10027
Enlisted:	11 August 1915
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	14th Field Ambulance
Born:	Hitchin, England, date not yet discovered
Home Town:	Not yet discovered
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Cycle & Motor Mechanic
Memorials:

World War 1 Service

11 Aug 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private
30 Mar 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 10027, 6th Field Ambulance, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '22' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Suffolk embarkation_ship_number: A23 public_note: ''
12 May 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 14th Field Ambulance
25 Sep 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 14th Field Ambulance
23 Nov 1917:	Honoured Military Medal
25 Apr 1918:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private

Letter / Poem found.

I have attached a letter in Links and Documents that I found outside my house on the side of the road in the pouring rain a few months ago in Swainswick, Bath ,UK.

I believe that the author is Private John Moss Boardman who nominated his father Henry Boardman as next-of-kin and his address was listed as 16 Martin St, St Kilda (Victoria, Australia) which is the same address as that listed at the bottom of the letter.

It begins 'Can we forget one friend? Can we forget one face'

then is slightly indecipherable and concludes

'We would not - if we could forget.
Kinglsey'