| Service number | VX13608 |
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| Birth Date | 23/03/1896 |
| Birth Place | Australia: Victoria, Melbourne |
| Death Date | 12/02/1942 |
| Death Place | Malaya |
| Final Rank | Lieutenant Colonel |
| Service | Australian Army |
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| Conflict/Operation | Second World War, 1939-1945 |
Lieutenant Colonel Arthur Harold 'Sapper' Boyes
Rolls
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Honours and Awards:
- Unit
- 2/26th Australian Infantry Battalion
- Conflict
- Second World War, 1939-1945
- Rank
- Lieutenant Colonel
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Honours and Awards (Recommendation):
- Conflict
- Second World War, 1939-1945
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Roll of Honour:
- Unit
- 2/26th Battalion (Infantry) (PSL) (X Battalion Malaya)
- Conflict
- Second World War, 1939-1945
- Rank
- Lieutenant Colonel
Timeline
| Career summary 8 | commanding officer X battalion (ad hoc bn of stragglers, rfts, base tps etc.) 6 Feb 42 [possibly considered best man to weld this lot together] | |
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| Interwar Service 8 | adjutant & QM 41 battalion 28 Sep 36 (admin commanding officer) | |
| Career summary 10 | X battalion overun in vic Jurong trig point | |
| Date of birth | 23/03/1896 | Melbourne VIC |
| Royal Military College | 1915-02-18 - 1918-12-11 | |
| Date and unit at enlinstment (ORs) | 18/02/1915 | |
| Date commissioned | 12/12/1918 | |
| Interwar Service 1 | 01/05/1921 | adjutant & QM 28th battalion |
| Interwar Service 2 | 18/05/1925 | adjutant & QM 44th battalion |
| Interwar Service 3 | 12/12/1926 | captain |
| Interwar Service 4 | 1928-04-23 - 1934-04-22 | aide de camp Gov WA |
| Interwar Service 5 | 25/04/1931 | adjutant & QM 11/16th battalion |
| Interwar Service 6 | 21/10/1933 | attached Headquarters Field Troops 5 MD |
| Interwar Service 7 | 27/03/1934 | adjutant & QM 36 battalion |
| Interwar Service 9 | 14/11/1938 | brigade major 1st Brigade |
| Career summary 1 | 13/11/1939 | general service officer grade 2 Operations AHeadquarters |
| Career summary 3 | 07/05/1940 | brigade major 20th Brigade |
| Appointment | 1940-10-17 - 1942-02-06 | Battalion: 2/26th; Rank on appointment: lieutenant colonel; Appointed from: brigade major 20th Brigade; Reason for end of appointment: removed from command new command -infantry battalion |
| Career summary 4 | 17/10/1940 | lieutenant colonel commanding officer 2/26th battalion |
| Career summary 2 | 04/04/1940 | seconded 2 AIF major |
| Career summary 6 | 28/11/1941 | attached 2/20th battalion 23 |
| Career summary 5 | 15/08/1941 | arrived S'pore |
| Date of death | 12/02/1942 | |
| Career summary 11 | 16/02/1942 | missing in action reported |
| Career summary 12 | 12/02/1942 | KInterim Army reported |
| Killed in action | 12/02/1942 | |
| Career summary 7 | 06/02/1942 | relinquished command 2/26th battalion |
| Appointment | 1942-02-06 - 1942-02-12 | Battalion: X (ad hoc- S'pore); Rank on appointment: lieutenant colonel; Appointed from: commanding officer 2/26th; Reason for end of appointment: killed in action: Singapore |
| Career summary 9 | 10/02/1942 | MIAbK reported |