Wife : Marjorie Boyes

Royal Military College Duntroon Graduate. Attached to may units, including a Guard's Regiment in England.

Appointed to Australian Imperial Forces in May 1940 as Brigade Major, 20th Infantry Brigade 7th Division, and from there was given command of : 2/26 Infantry Battalion

Official Position : Commanding Officer.

Died at : Bukit Timah, Singapore

Cause : Killed in Action fighting back to back with his Batman - Stanley Jewell.


***Extracts from "The Battalion Story", written & compiled by Lt. Col. Ronald Magarry M.C. - Page 130

On the 9th February at 0745 hours, Lt. Col. A. H. Boyes, having been selected to co-ordinate rear defences, handed over Command of our Battalion to Lt. Col. R. F. Oakes who had just been promoted to Lt. Col and transferred from 22nd Brigade.

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The original charter given to Col. Boyes, seemed to have been changed, quickly and dramatically, as three days after handing over his own Battalion, he was appointed to command a group designated as "X" Battalion, which consisted mostly of reinforcements, recently arrived from Australia, and some men from Administration Units, at this time, not able or required to function to full capacity. Also it is believed that soldiers, being held in closed detention, or otherwise being detained pending a hearing of charges made against them, were also included in this group.

Their first move was to go forward under cover of darkness, to a gap made by an enemy break through in the front line.

During this move, "X" Battalion, was either ambushed or attacked by a strong enemy force. Col. Boyes and most of his group were killed.



"When you go home
Tell them of us, and say,
For your tomorrow,
We gave our today."