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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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Highest 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 served in
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)
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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