Studio portrait of 3032 Private (later Corporal) Andrew Boyd, 24th (later 8th) Battalion, of ...

Accession Number P05413.012
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Photomechanical print
Maker Unknown
Date made c 1915
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Studio portrait of 3032 Private (later Corporal) Andrew Boyd, 24th (later 8th) Battalion, of Wodonga, Victoria. An acting accountant prior to enlistment, he embarked from Melbourne on HMAT Commonwealth (A73) on 26 November 1915. He was killed in action near Hazebrouck, France in the Forest of Nieppe on 14 April 1918, aged 24. He is buried in the Nieppe-Bois (Rue-du-Bois) British Cemetery, Vieux-Berquin, France.