LEST WE FORGET
Aircraftman Class I Robert John Kitchener BOYS
Service No: 56881
Born: Swan Hill VIC, 25 November 1900
Enlisted in the RAAF: 29 May 1942
Unit: No. 1 Aircraft Depot, RAAF Station Laverton VIC
Died: Illness, Melbourne VIC, 30 September 1942, Aged 41 Years
Buried: Swan Hill Public Cemetery VIC
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Frederick and Judith Ann Boys, of Swan Hill; husband of Maria Isabel Boys, of Burnley
Roll of Honour: Unknown
Remembered: Panel 113, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
On 30 September 1942, Aircraftman Class I Boys, a Stores Hand, died suddenly in bed from a coronary occlusion.
References:
Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour On-Line Records (RAAF Casualty Information compiled by Alan Storr (409804))
Commonwealth War Graves Commission On-Line Records
Department of Veterans’ Affairs On-Line WWII Nominal Roll
National Archives of Australia On-Line Record A705, 163/93/691