Joseph Butler Boyd

Joseph Butler Boyd

Personal Information
Date of Birth	10 May 1917
Place of Birth	Belfast, Ireland
Death	15 Nov 1959, aged 42
Place of Death	Belmont, Western Australia
Age at Enlistment	25 years, 8 months
Religion	Church of England
Address	Byford, Western Australia
Next of Kin	Wife , Mrs Nellie Boyd
Military Information
Reg Number	82847
Date of Enlistment	6 Feb 1943
Rank	Leading Aircraftman
Unit/Formation	No. 56 PTC
Post War Details

Pre War

Eleven year old schoolboy Joseph traveled with his family on the SS Baradine from London to Fremantle , departing London on 1 Sep 1927. During 1938 Joseph married Beatrice Nellie Hunt.

Electoral Roll entry: 1943 at Bunbury road, Byford, truck driver

War Service

discharged 20 Feb 1946

Post War

On 2 Oct 1953, 36 year old Joseph, with his first wife Beatrice Nellie, and daughters Maureen A. (13 years old); Jean E. (12) and Marion I. (9) sailed from Southampton for Fremantle aboard the Aberdeen and COmmonwealth Line's SS Moreton Bay. Joseph is listed as a Pane beater and that they had lived at 139 Arthuclie st, Barrhead in Scotland prior to the journey.

During 1959 Joseph married Alice Bennett (1914 - 6 Dec 2006) who died in Beckenham aged 92

Electoral Roll entries: 1949 at corner of Hardy and Fulham streets, panel beater; South Belmont, 1954 at 158 Surrey road, South Belmont, panel beater;

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