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Cook Islands Online Cenotaph
Preserving Cook Islands Military History
Akara ki mua e akara katoa ki muri
To be able to look forward, you must be able to look back
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Final Rank:
Private
First Name/s (as per enlistment record)
Robert Burns
Last Name or Only Name Given (as per enlistment record)
BOYD
Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps
8244
British Army
Royal Scots Fusiliers
Also Known As
Date of Birth
24/01/1897
Place of Birth
Darvel, East Ayrshire, Scotland
Date of Death
20/06/1975 (as per Cook Islands death register)
19/06/1975 (as per headstone inscription)
Place of Death
Rarotonga, Cook Islands
Death Registration Number
RARO19750052
Headstone/Grave Location
Headstone location: RSA, Nikao, Rarotonga, Cook Islands
Next of Kin
Mary Cameron Aird Torrance (1st wife) died 13/11/1939
Elsie Millar (2nd wife) died September 1977
John Boyd (father)
Margaret McKenzie (mother)
Link to Online Service Record
Additional Information
Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge)
Image Credits and References
Portrait - no known copyright restrictions
Further Links
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