John Charles Broughton Boydell (1924 - 1944)

Born 22 Aug 1924 in Corowa, New South Wales, Australia

Ancestors

Died 19 Jul 1944 at age 19 in France

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Biography

JOHN CHARLES BROUGHTON BOYDELL (Boydell-78)

PARENTS. John Douglas Boydell & Rita Allwright (Piggin) Boydell

BIRTH. 22 Aug 1924, Corowa, New South Wales, Australia

WWII Service Record:

Name BOYDELL, JOHN CHARLES BROUGHTON

Service Royal Australian Air Force

Service Number 430247

Date of Birth 22 Aug 1924

Place of Birth COROWA, NSW

Date of Enlistment 1 Jan 1943

Locality on Enlistment Unknown

Place of Enlistment MELBOURNE, VIC

Next of Kin BOYDELL, RITA

Date of Death 19 Jul 1944

Rank Flight Sergeant

Posting on Death 463 (RAAF) SQD

WW2 Honours and Gallantry None for display

Prisoner of War No

Roll of Honour COROWA NSW

DEATH. 19 Jul 1944, France

DEATH REPORT. LOST LIFE IN LANCASTER BOMBER. Flight-Sgt John Charles Broughton Boydell. only son of Mrs and the late Mr J. D. Boydell, of 6 Lisson gr, Hawthorn, and brother to Suzanne and Adele, is now presumed to have lost his life on July 18, 1944. He was one of the crew of a Lancaster bomber that failed to return from operations over Revigny-Sur-Ornain, in France. He was educated at Corowa High School and at Melbourne Church of England Grammar. Before joining the RAAF in September, 1943, he was on the staff of the National Bank of Australasia, Bourke st.

Commonwealtth War Graves Commission:

Flight Sergeant BOYDELL, JOHN CHARLES BROUGHTON

Service Number 430247

Died 19/07/1944

Aged 19

Royal Australian Air Force

Son of John Douglas and Rita Allwright Boydell, of Hawthorn, Victoria, Australia.

Buried at CHOLOY WAR CEMETERY

Location: Meurthe-et-Moselle, France

Cemetery/memorial reference: Coll. grave 3. E. 1-7.

(1946). PROBATE. JOHN CHARLES BROUGHTON BOYDELL. Formerly of 6 Lisson Grove Hawthorn in the State of Victoria But Late a Flight Sergeant in the Royal Australian Air Force. Deceased. — After the expiration of 14 clear days Rita Allwright Boydell, of 6 Lisson grove, Hawthorn, in the State of Victoria, widow, the sole executrix named in and appointed by deceased's will, dated the 13th day of January, 1943, will APPLY to the Supreme Court of Victoria for a grant of PROBATE of such WILL. Dated this 25th day of February, 1946. BLAKE & RIGGALL, 120 William street, Melbourne solicitors for the applicant.

Sources

• WWII Service Record: https://nominal-rolls.dva.gov.au/veteran?id=1023382&c=WW2

• DEATH REPORT. LOST LIFE IN LANCASTER BOMBER: The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957) Sat 3 Nov 1945, Page 19: https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/12150893

• Commonwealtth War Graves Commission: https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2319639/boydell,-john-charles-broughton/

• (1946). PROBATE: The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957) Tue 26 Feb 1946, Page 17: https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/22230453