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BOYDELL, William Harrington Barker
Personal Details
Service Numbers: | QX36773, Q31217 |
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Enlisted: | 7 June 1941 |
Last Rank: | Lieutenant |
Last Unit: | 49th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Sydney, New South Wales, 8 December 1917 |
Home Town: | Allynbrook, Dungog, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Kings School |
Occupation: | Station Overseer |
Died: | Killed in Action, Sanananda, Papua New Guinea, 7 December 1942, aged 24 years |
Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Longreach Memorial Pool & Aquatic Centre, Longreach War Memorial, Port Moresby (Bomana) Memorial |
Service History
World War 2 Service
3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Lieutenant, QX36773 | |
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3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Lieutenant, QX36773, also Q31217 - FTD 5/9/1941? | |
7 Jun 1941: | Involvement Lieutenant, Q31217, FTD 5/9/1941? - also QX36773 | |
7 Jun 1941: | Enlisted | |
5 Sep 1941: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Lieutenant, QX36773, 49 Infantry Battalion AMF | |
7 Dec 1942: | Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Lieutenant, 49th Infantry Battalion |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
William Harrington Barker BOYDELL was born in Sydney on 8th December, 1917
His parents were William James BOYDELL & Arleen Harrington BROWN who married in 1916 (registered in Paterson, NSW)
He married Berenice Sybil Vanda McDONALD on 8th October, 1942 in Queensland