"Greater love hath no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends"
Following his enlistment on the 16th July 1916 in Perth, with the 28th Battalion William's sister Lucy (Lawson) looked after the boys.
At the time of his enlistment he was 41 years of age, 5 foot 3 and a half inches tall with blue eyes and brown hair.
William Edward was killed in action on the 20th September 1917 in Belgium. His place of rest is noted on the Memorial Panel 112 29 (Menin Gate) The Ypres Memorial Belgium.
In statements made to the Enquiry Bureau it was noted that William was the first man over the ridge at Broodseinde and was subsequently hit by a shell.
William's medals were handed onto his sister Lucy for safe keeping for his oldest son. Lucy raised both orphaned boys along with her own daughters.
Courtesy of Anthea Augustson
At the time of his enlistment he was 41 years of age, 5 foot 3 and a half inches tall with blue eyes and brown hair.
William Edward was killed in action on the 20th September 1917 in Belgium. His place of rest is noted on the Memorial Panel 112 29 (Menin Gate) The Ypres Memorial Belgium.
In statements made to the Enquiry Bureau it was noted that William was the first man over the ridge at Broodseinde and was subsequently hit by a shell.
William's medals were handed onto his sister Lucy for safe keeping for his oldest son. Lucy raised both orphaned boys along with her own daughters.
Courtesy of Anthea Augustson
BODDINGTON, James Thomas
BOLTON, Thomas Edward
BONELLA, James
BONNEY, John Noel![]() Service no 784
Driver 10th Light Horse Regiment Born in Perth, Western Australia Son of George Samuel Beswick and Harriet Evans Bonney Of Narrogin, Western Australia Occupation prior to enlistment Farmer Enlisted 06 January 1915 Embarked 19 February 1915 per HMAT 'Itonus' Wounded in the arm from an exploding shell at Gallipoli in August and evacuated to the 1st Australian General Hospital at Heliopolis, Egypt. Servied as a driver and reinforcement to the 36th Company, Australian Army Service Corps, Admitted to a British hospital on 3 October 1918 suffering from malaria. Died on 18 October 1918 Aged 26 years Buried at Damascus British War Cemetery, Syria. www.awm.gov.au P07643.001 |
Little known Western Australian, and Aquinas College connection to the legend of Beersheba. At 8.30am on the morning of the 31st of October, an Australian Flight Lieutenant and pilot, Alaric Pinder Boor, took off on a reconnaissance mission along with his observer J. Muller in their RAF RE8, over the Beersheba environs. Pinder Boor’ task was to report back to Commonwealth headquarters the defensive and offensive capacities of the Germans and Turks. Seemingly primitive to us today, the reports made by Muller would be written down on note paper, wrapped around a stone and thrown down over headquarters. Their reports confirmed that the attack on Beersheba was indeed a viable possibility. Yet tragically by 10.30am that same morning the RE8 carrying Pinder Boor and Muller had crashed killing Muller outright and leaving Pinder Boor critically injured. Pinder Boor would not live long enough to hear of the Australian victory later that day.
Born in Perth on October the 18th, 1892, son of John & Emily Boor of Bunbury, WA, Alaric Pinder Boor, would become one of the innumerable great losses of World War I, not only because of what he had achieved in his short life-span up until the year of his death in 1917, but also because of the loss of so much promise and potential. Pinder Boor was simply put one of the highest performing students of his generation academically in Western Australia. His being awarded the Rhodes Scholarship for 1913 is adequate testimony to this being no mere opinion. In addition to his academic prowess, Pinder Boor excelled in sport, being awarded while a school boy, nine cups and 32 medals for intercollegiate (PSA) achievement. He was a boxer, an avid photographer, a club cricketer, and played for Subiaco and East Perth in what we now know as the WAFL.
Courtesy of Joy Dalgleish
Source. Aquinas College - Shoutout
Born in Perth on October the 18th, 1892, son of John & Emily Boor of Bunbury, WA, Alaric Pinder Boor, would become one of the innumerable great losses of World War I, not only because of what he had achieved in his short life-span up until the year of his death in 1917, but also because of the loss of so much promise and potential. Pinder Boor was simply put one of the highest performing students of his generation academically in Western Australia. His being awarded the Rhodes Scholarship for 1913 is adequate testimony to this being no mere opinion. In addition to his academic prowess, Pinder Boor excelled in sport, being awarded while a school boy, nine cups and 32 medals for intercollegiate (PSA) achievement. He was a boxer, an avid photographer, a club cricketer, and played for Subiaco and East Perth in what we now know as the WAFL.
Courtesy of Joy Dalgleish
Source. Aquinas College - Shoutout
BOOTH, John Lionel Clavert![]() Lieutenant
12th Battalion Died at sea of wounds received in action at Gallipoli on 1st April 1915 Commemorated Lone Pine Memorial. www.awm.gov.au H15777 |
BOOTHEY, Frank Leslie
BOOTHEY, Leonard Roy
BOSTOCK, Henry Phillips
BOVELL, David Albert
BOYCE, Richard![]() Service no 4530
Sapper No 6 Tunnelling Company Born Smeaton, Victoria Son of Mary BOYCE Discharged on 12 February 1919. www.awm.gov.au DA13602 |
BOYES, Charles Victor![]() Service 323
Private 4th Machine Gun Company Born 1896 at Brookton, WA Son of Edward BOYES & Jane nee ATKINS Killed in action at Polygon Wood, Belgium, on 26 September 1917 Aged 20 years Commemorated Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium. www.awm.gov.au P06355.001 |
BOYLE, Sydney
BOX, John Daniel![]() Service No 4382
Private 2nd Pioneer Battalion Born Korong, Vic. Son of Daniel and Matilda BOX Of Wagin, WA Occupation prior to enlistment Farmer Enlisted 17 February 1916 Served on the Western Front Died of wounds on 5 July 1918 in France Aged 21 years Buried Daours Communal Cemetery Extension www.awm.gov.au P09743.001 |