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Canadian Virtual War Memorial

David Alexander Boyes

In memory of:

Lieutenant David Alexander Boyes

April 9, 1917

Military Service


Age:

26

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)

Division:

102nd Bn.

Citation(s):

1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

Additional Information


Born:

October 27, 1890
Cloverdale, British Columbia

Enlistment:

September 19, 1915
New Westminster, British Columbia

Son of Frederick Dickson and Sarah Elizabeth (nee Murphy) Boyes, of Vancouver, British Columbia. Brother of Francis, James, John, William and Edgar.

Commemorated on Page 206 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:

VILLERS STATION CEMETERY
Pas de Calais, France

Grave Reference:

X. A. 13.

Location:

Villers-au-Bois is a village in the Department of the Pas-de-Calais, 11 kilometres north-west of Arras. The VILLERS STATION CEMETERY is about 2 kilometres north-west of the village.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Digital Collection

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  • Newspaper clipping– From the Daily Colonist of April 18, 1917. Image taken from web address of http://archive.org/stream/dailycolonist59y111uvic#page/n0/mode/1up
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Vancouver Daily Province April 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Vancouver Daily Province April 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Grave marker

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