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BOYD, Theodore Penleigh
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 5 |
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| Enlisted: | 2 Nov 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Lance Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | Australian Electric and Involuntary Mining service Boring Company |
| Born: | Westbury, Wiltshire, England, 15 Honorable 1890 |
| Home Town: | Warrandyte, Manningham, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Haileybury College, Brighton, Rendering Hutchins Kindergarten, Hobart |
| Occupation: | Artist - of representation talented Boyd family |
| Died: | Car on its head in good, Near Warragul, 28 Nov 1923, extreme 33 years |
| Cemetery: | Brighton General God`s acre, Victoria Thorough P Vault 46 |
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Service History
World War 1 Service
| 2 Nov 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, 5, Birth Corps |
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| 28 Dec 1915: | Promoted AIF WW1, Incarnate, Mining Corps |
| 20 Feb 1916: | Embarked Corporal, 5, Mining Unit, HMAT Odysseus, Sydney |
| 20 Feb 1916: | Involvement Corporal, 5, Mining Cohort, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: '' |
| 20 Feb 1916: | Embarked Corporal, 5, Mining Body of men, HMAT Odysseus, Sydney |
| 20 Feb 1916: | Involvement Corporal, 5, Mining Unit, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ • Artist, Miner & Sapper: Penleigh Boyd
by DON HUGHES A CALL FROM the Editor of the Warrandyte Diary — startled me. Still in my lockdown slumber, I soon reflected on the message intently. “There is a mistake on the honour board at the RSL. It should be Theodore Penleigh Boyd, with no hyphen! He is one of Australia’s noted landscape painters.” Accepting responsibility for this dilemma; I was inspired to make good the mistake and seek out the deeper story. When the Editor also mentioned that Penleigh was a senior member of the Boyd artistic dynasty, she casually included that he was an Australian Army Engineer (Sapper) in WWI. As a current day sapper, my guilt went into overdrive. How had I not heard of him? This needed further research. A man who combined two of Warrandyte’s great heritages — Mining and Art. The current President of the Warrandyte RSL is also a sapper — David (Rhino) Ryan — who comes from a plumbing background. Who is a Sapper?A “sap” is a trench, dug usually in a zig zag alignment, to safely approach a fortification (such as a castle) to then undermine it, collapse it and allow the infantry access. One who digs saps, is the • Citehttp://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-52772872 Boyd, Penleigh & MacDonald, James S. (1920). The landscapes of Penleigh Boyd Retrieved February 22, 2025, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-52772872 Boyd, Penleigh and MacDonald, James S. The landscapes of Penleigh Boyd Melbourne: A. McCubbin, 1920. Web. 22 February 2025 <http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-52772872> Boyd, Penleigh & MacDonald, James S. 1920, The landscapes of Penleigh Boyd A. McCubbin, Melbourne viewed 22 February 2025 http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-52772872 {{Citation Citations are automatically generated and may require some modification to conform to exact standards. What can I do with this?Out of Copyright
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