LEST WE FORGET
Leading Aircraftman Leslie Cyril BOYD
Service No: 40014
Born: Brighton VIC, 21 August 1920
Enlisted in the RAAF: 9 April 1941
Unit: No. 3 Wireless Unit, Mount Isa QLD
Died: Illness, Mt Isa QLD, 23 January 1944, Aged 23 Years
Buried: Adelaide River War Cemetery NT
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Samuel and Florence Kathleen Boyd, of North Brighton, Victoria
Roll of Honour: Brighton VIC
Remembered: Panel 114, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
On 23 January 1944, Leading Aircraftman Boyd, a Cook, died of pneumonia at the 74th Camp Hospital, Mount Isa.
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, 166/6/389
Register of War Memorials in New South Wales On-Line