Great War Dundee
This is Dundee's story of those that served in the First World War, and of the people left at home
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George Finlayson Boyd
Military Information
- Date of enlistment: 10.07.1915
- Place of enlistment: Melbourne, Victoria
- Service no: 10338
- Rank: Corporal
- Service Occupation:
- Awards:
- Regiment/Service: Australian Field Artillery
- Unit/Ship: 12th Brigade
- Place of Death: Belgium
- Age at Death: 31
- Date of Death: 22.09.1917
- Burial Country: Belgium
- Cemetery: Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres
- Grave/Mem Ref no: Panel 7
Personal Information
- Date of Birth: 05.06.1886
- Place of Birth: Dundee/Arbroath?
- Address: 39 Brougham St, Melbourne
- Occupation: Engineer, W.D. Grant & Son, Melbourne
- Mother:
Helen Lundie Finlayson Boyd. 48 Hayburn St, Partick, Glasgow
- Father:
George Gordon Boyd, Lochland St, Arbroath
- Siblings:
- Spouse:
Helen Wishart Boyd (nee Carrie) 36 John St, Arbroath
- Children:
Helen Lundie Finlayson Boyd
More about George Finlayson Boyd
George was wounded and gassed in June 1917, and on 22nd September he was killed at Dickebusch by an enemy shell while asleep in his dug-out. His Sergeant wrote:- “I can hardly yet realise that dear old George is gone. He was the life and sole of the Battery, and all the boys join with me in sending deepest sympathy to you in the loss of your noble son and my heroic friend.” For more information on George, visit George’s Service Record. George enlisted under the name of George Boyd Finlayson.
Georges service record states Dundee as his place of birth, C.W.G.C. records Arbroath as place of birth.
Information supplied by Gary Thomson
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