Roy J Boyd
Parents
Roy Blain Boyd
Roy Blain Boyd
1883 - 1942
Jennie Linn Sims
Jennie Linn Sims
1883 - 1970
Siblings
 

Timeline

1924

1924 • Voting in federal elections becomes compulsory in Australia, after a private member's bill proposed by Tasmanian Nationalist senator Herbert Payne results in the passing of the Commonwealth Electoral (Compulsory Voting) Act 1924.

1930


Age: 6y
1930 • The United Kingdom, Japan and the United States sign the London Naval Treaty to regulate submarine warfare and limit naval shipbuilding.

1940


Age: 16y
1940 • In the land battle of Narvik, German forces retire giving the Allies their first victory on land in the war; however, the British have already decided to evacuate Narvik.

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