Colin
Arthur
Boase
Born in Gympie, Queensland (Australia)
Ancestors 
Son of Charles Boase
and Harriet Jane (Hughes) Boase
Brother of
Francis Henry Boase, Frances Mary Boase, Leonard Charles Boase DSO MC, Neda Boase and Allan Joseph Boase CBE
Died
at about age 26
in Gallipoli, Gelibolu, Çanakkale, Turkey
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Colin Boase is an Anzac who served in World War One.
Colin Arthur Boase was born in 1889 in Gympie, Queensland (Australia). He was the fourth child of Charles Boase and Harriet Hughes. [1]
At the time of his enlistment into the Australian Army he was a clerk, 25 years old and single, living at Darlinghurst Road, Darlinghurst, New South Wales.
Colin Boase was Killed in Action at Gallipoli during The Great War.
Colin served in the Australian Imperial Force during the Great War; enlisted 22nd August 1914.[2] He was a soldier in the 1st Australian Infantry Battalion. The battalion took part in the ANZAC landing on 25th April 1915 as part of the second and third waves.[3] Colin was killed in action at Lone Pine, Gallipoli on 6th August 1915.[4] He is buried in Shrapnel Valley Cemetery (Plot II, Row A, Grave No. 21), Gallipoli, Turkey. His name is listed on Panel 28 at the Australian War Memorial, Canberra.[5] The Queensland Government acknowledged Colin's sacrifice in 1922 on their BDM death index.[6]
Sources
- ↑ Queensland Birth Index #C4713/1889
- ↑ Australian Army service record for 686 Private Colin Arthur Boase; https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/R2281849; accessed 12 May 2018
- ↑ Australian War Memorial 1st Australian Infantry Battalion: https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/U51441; accessed 12 May 2018
- ↑ Australian War Memorial: Roll of Honour: https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/R2281849; accessed 12 May 2018
- ↑ The AIF Project: https://www.aif.adfa.edu.au/showPerson?pid=25804; accessed 12 May 2018
- ↑ Queensland Death Index #F761/1922
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