Private Philip Louis Le Boydre
16th Battalion, Australian Infantry
11/08/1918
Son of Samson Louis and Esther Thomasina Le-Boydre,
of 26 Oubridge Terrace, Kalgoorlie, Western Australia.
Native of Jersey.
Pte Le Boydre immigrated to Australia as a seven year
old with his family. In August 1917 he enlisted at Kalgoorlie,
WA, before embarking for overseas service from Fremantle
on SS Canberra on 23 November 1917. On 8 August 1918,
while in action at Mericourt, Pte Le Boydre received
a gun shot wound to the thigh; he died three days later
at the 8th Stationary Hospital at Wimereux, France,
aged 19. Pte Le Boydre is buried at Terlincthun British
Cemetery, near Boulogne, France.
Died of wounds at 8th Stationary Hospital, Wimereux,
aged 20 years
Australian
service record
Commonwealth
War Graves Commission Record
