John Henry Cooke Boyce (1892 - 1923)

Born 18 Mar 1892 in Fernside, Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia

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Died 16 Jan 1923 at age 30 in Ayr, Queensland, Australia

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Biography

Jack (John Henry Cooke) Boyce was born at Fernside, Toowoomba, on 18 March 1892.^[1] In World War I he joined the Third Field Artillery Brigade Headquarters as a driver on 29 August 1914, Number 2369. Jack embarked aboard Rangitira with the first Queensland contingent on 25 September 1914, fought at Gallipoli and returned to Australia on 21 January 1916. He worked as a manager in an auctioneering business, perhaps that of his brother Charlie; he was engaged to Inez Moran but never married. Jack died at Ayr, drowning in the Burdekin River, aged 30 on 16 January 1923. He was buried in the Ayr Cemetery with his elder brother Charles George Martin Boyce.

Sources

1. ↑ Australia, Birth Index, 1788-1922: Queensland Federation Index 1890-1914 Ancestry Record 1778 #4635634 Birth:

   Name:	John Henry Cooke Boyce
   Birth Date:	18 Mar 1892
   Birth Place:	Queensland
   Registration Year:	1892
   Registration Place:	Queensland, Australia
   Father:	John Alexander Boyce
   Mother:	Cecilia Annie Board
   Page number:	2496
   Registration Number:	003821

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