STRANRAER - SCOTLAND
War Memorial & Trinity Church Honour Roll
War Memorial & Trinity Church Honour Roll
Stranraer, also known as The Toon, is a town in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland.
Lance Corporal James BOE 1916
Born: Stranraer, Scotland Enlisted: 20-1-1915, Liverpool, New South Wales Occupation prior to Enlistment: Plumber 1st Australian Light Trench Mortar Battery Departed Australia 13-4-1915 Killed in Action 20-7-1916, France aged 29years Son of John and Elizabeth McColm Boe, of 15, Clenoch St., Stranraer, Scotland. Honoured: Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France Honoured Australian War Memorial Panel 19 |
Wigtown Free Press - August 1916
Mr. John Boe, Clenoch Street, Stranraer, has been informed that his son, Private James Boe, Australian Imperial Expeditionary Force, was killed in action on the 20th ult. Private Boe, who emigrated to Australia about 4 years ago, enlisted shortly after the outbreak of war, and was on active service with his regiment at the Dardanelles where he was fatally wounded. Prior to emigrating he was in the employment of Messrs Henry McLauchlan & Sons, plumbers Stranraer, with whom he served his apprenticeship. Private Boe was an athlete of no mean order and a footballer of conspicuous ability. He took great interest in Stranraer Junior League, and in the days when the Y.M.C.A. junior team was a power in the district, he was an active playing member of that club. For a few seasons he acted as captain and usually occupied the position of centre forward. He was a prolific goal scorer and many a hard game was won by Private Boe's own individual exertions. Of an upright and unassuming character, he had a great love for the game, which he played in robust, yet fair manner. His many comrades of these days will regret the death of a genial and true young man.
Mr. John Boe, Clenoch Street, Stranraer, has been informed that his son, Private James Boe, Australian Imperial Expeditionary Force, was killed in action on the 20th ult. Private Boe, who emigrated to Australia about 4 years ago, enlisted shortly after the outbreak of war, and was on active service with his regiment at the Dardanelles where he was fatally wounded. Prior to emigrating he was in the employment of Messrs Henry McLauchlan & Sons, plumbers Stranraer, with whom he served his apprenticeship. Private Boe was an athlete of no mean order and a footballer of conspicuous ability. He took great interest in Stranraer Junior League, and in the days when the Y.M.C.A. junior team was a power in the district, he was an active playing member of that club. For a few seasons he acted as captain and usually occupied the position of centre forward. He was a prolific goal scorer and many a hard game was won by Private Boe's own individual exertions. Of an upright and unassuming character, he had a great love for the game, which he played in robust, yet fair manner. His many comrades of these days will regret the death of a genial and true young man.
Private Terence McGEOCH 557
Born: Stranraer, Scotland Enlisted: 24-8-1914, Brisbane, Queensland Occupation prior to Enlistment: Sailor 9th Battalion Australian Infantry Killed in Action 25-4-1915, Gallipoli Son of John McGeoch, 20 St. Andrews Street, Stranraer Honoured: Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey Honoured Australian War Memorial Panel 56 |