Captain Clive Rodney Boyce, a medical practitioner and psychiatrist, enlisted to the Second Australian Imperial Force on 29 August 1941. He embarked for service in Malaya in November 1941, and was subsequently posted to 2 Australian Convalescent Depot. Captain Boyce was captured as a prisoner of war of the Japanese in early 1942, and interned in Changi Prisoner of War Camp, Singapore. In May-June 1943, he was appointed as the medical officer of 'J Force' and transferred to Kobe Camp in Japan. During his time as a prisoner, Captain Boyce continued his medical practice, diagnosing and treating his fellow prisoners. After the war, Captain Boyce returned to Australia, and was discharged on 11 December 1945.