LEST WE FORGET
Sergeant Archie Gordon BOYD
Service No: 409019
Born: Melbourne VIC, 2 April 1915
Enlisted in the RAAF: 21 June 1941
Unit: No. 2 Aircraft Park
Died: Aircraft Accident (Kittyhawk aircraft A29-40), near Proserpine QLD, 22 April 1943, Aged 28 Years
Buried: Unrecovered
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Thomas James Boyd and Grace Sarah Boyd; husband of Nancy Windred Boyd, of Conargo, New South Wales
Roll of Honour: Unknown
Remembered: Panel 6, Sydney Memorial, Rookwood NSW
Remembered: Panel 114, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
On 22 April 1943, Sergeant Boyd, a Pilot, was reported missing in Kittyhawk A29-40 in the vicinity of Proserpine, Queensland. The aircraft was on a ferry flight from Wagga to No. 75 Squadron at Milne Bay in Papua New Guinea.
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 A9301, 409019