BOYD, Cleave George
| Service Number: | VX22542 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 10 June 1940 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/29th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Fremantle, Western Australia, 2 October 1906 |
| Home Town: | Windsor, Stonnington, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Unknown |
| Occupation: | Driver |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Malaya, 19 January 1942, aged 35 years |
| Cemetery: |
Kranji War Cemetery Grave Ref: Sp. Mem 1 B 16, Kranji War Cemetery, Kranji, Singapore |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Private, VX22542 | |
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| 10 Jun 1940: | Enlisted Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, VX22542, 2nd/29th Infantry Battalion | |
| 10 Jun 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, VX22542, 2nd/29th Infantry Battalion | |
| 19 Jan 1942: | Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, VX22542, 2nd/29th Infantry Battalion, Malaya/Singapore |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Cleave George BOYD was born on 2nd October 1906 in Fremantle, Western Australia under the name George C. STUCKEY
His Father was George James STUCKEY who was born in Victoria and his Mother was Savina Maud CAMERON who was born in New Zealand - they married in 1905 in the St Johns Church of England in Fremantle, WA
After his father George died, his mother remarried in 1928 to a George Ephraim BARBOUR
Cleave had two known sisters, Ruby Thelma and Savina Isabel
He married Melva Olive MACE in 1940 in Victoria
He enlisted with the Australian Army on 10th June 1940 in Caulfield in Victoria
Cleave was Killed in Action on 19th January, 1942 in Malaya & is buried in the Kranji War Cemetery, Singapore -
The inscription says "Loved and remembered always"
His name is memorialized on the Australian War Memorial and also on the Roll of Honour in Sheffield, Tasmania
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