William Allan Boase (1866 - 1930)

Born 11 Jul 1866 in Belfast, Ireland

Died 1930 at about age 63 in East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Biography

On 19 Jun 1917, William Allan Boase applied to become an Australian War Worker, working as a bricklayer in the UK for the duration of the War. He stated he was born in Dundee, Scotland around 1870 and was married. It seems he was actually born in Belfast, Ireland in 1866, the son of Richard Bowes and his wife Mary Ann nee Allen.

By 1871 he was living with his parents in Dundee, Scotland with his parents and 2 siblings.^[1] In 1881 he is still living with his parents (and 1 sibling) in Dundee and is a jute mill worker.^[2]

William migrated to Australia prior to 1890. In 1890 he married Agnes Christie in Victoria. There were 8 children (Victoria BDM has 5 born between 1891 and 1909).

In 1909 he was living in in Brunswick, VIC and gave his occupation as bricklayer.^[3]

When he applied to become an Australian War Worker in 1917 he was living in West Brunswick, VIC and his occupation was bricklayer, working with bricks, concrete or stone.

He was accepted as an Australian War Worker on 27 Jun 1917 and was issued with Australian War Worker Badge No. 900. He departed Australia on the "Medic" on 01 Aug 1917, arriving at Liverpool, England on 12 Oct 1917.

He commended work as a bricklayer at RNAS Creswell on 16 Oct 1917. He worked at a number of places over the next 14 months, including the Grave Boarding Establishment, Spondon; Messrs Holloway Bros.; Messrs P & W Anderson Hitchin; Messrs McAlpine & Sons; and Messrs Boats & Son, Chepstow.

He had injured his thigh with a heavy load of stone and was unable to work in the early part of 1919 so was returned to Australia on the SS "Irishman", departing Avonmouth on 08 May 1919, disembarking in Port Melbourne on 07 Jul 1919. His agreement was considered completed the same day.

In 1924 he was living in Oakleigh, VI and gave his occupation as builder.^[4]

He died in Melbourne Hospital on 24 Oct 1930.

BOASE. - On the 24th October, at the Melbourne Hospital, William Allan, beloved husband of Barbara, and loved father of Richard, Edith (deceased), William (killed at Gallipoli), Olive (deceased), Allan, Leonard, Dorothy and Donald, aged 64 years. Privately interred Coburg Cemetery on the 25th.

A silent sufferer resting.^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ William Bowes in the 1871 Scotland Census - Source Citation: Parish: Dundee; ED: 11; Page: 42; Line: 25; Roll: CSSCT1871_49; Source Information: Ancestry.com. 1871 Scotland Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007.; Original data: Scotland. 1871 Scotland Census. Reels 1-191. General Register Office for Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland.
2. ↑ William Boase in the 1881 Scotland Census - Source Citation: Parish: St Peter; ED: 7; Page: 30; Line: 4; Roll: cssct1881_80; Source Information: Ancestry.com. 1881 Scotland Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007.; Original data: Scotland. 1881 Scotland Census. Reels 1-338. General Register Office for Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland.
3. ↑ William Allen Boase in the Australia, Electoral Rolls, 1903-1980 (1909) - Source Information: Ancestry.com. Australia, Electoral Rolls, 1903-1980 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.; Original data: Australian Electoral Commission. [Electoral roll].
4. ↑ William Allan Boase in the Australia, Electoral Rolls, 1903-1980 (1924) - Source Information: Ancestry.com. Australia, Electoral Rolls, 1903-1980 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.; Original data: Australian Electoral Commission. [Electoral roll].
5. ↑ Death Notice - Family Notices (1930, October 27). The Age (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 - 1954), p. 1. Retrieved August 8, 2020, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article202251034

• Birth - William Allen Bowes in the Ireland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1620-1911 - FHL Film Number: 101130; Source Information: Ancestry.com. Ireland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1620-1911 [database on-line]. Provo, UT: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.; Original data: Ireland Births and Baptisms, 1620–1911. Index. Salt Lake City, Utah: Family Search.

• Marriage - Victoria BDM Marriage index - Event: marriages; Registration number: 8333 / 1890; Family name: BOASE; Given name(s): Wm Allen; Personal detail Spouse's family name: CHRISTIE; Spouse's given name(s): Agnes Barbara

• WW1 Australian War Worker Service File - National Archives of Australia - BOASE William Allan - Munitions Worker Number 900 - http://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/scripts/AutoSearch.asp?O=I&Number=6447978

• Death - Victoria BDM Death index - Event: deaths; Registration number: 14455 / 1930; Family name: BOASE; Given name(s): William Allan; Place of event: MELBOURNE EAST, Australia; Personal detail Mother's name: Mary Ann; Mother's family name at birth: ALLEN; Father's Name: BOASE Richard