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NAME                         ARCHIBALD EDWIN BOASE

DATE OF BIRTH            22/01/1896

PLACE OF BIRTH          REDRUTH, CORNWALL

DESCRIPTION               SIX FEET TALL, ELEVEN STONE, BLONDE HAIR, GREEN EYES, CLEAN-SHAVEN, SQUARE JAW, BABY FACED.                                                        

USUAL ATTIRE             TWEED SUIT, WAISTCOAT, TRILBY, BROWN BROGUES,  NAVY WOOL OVERCOAT IN WINTER.SLEEVES ALWAYS TOO SHORT ON ALL HIS CLOTHES.                                                                 

FATHER                   ARCHIBALD BOASE, HOUSE PAINTER BORN                              CAMBORNE 11.03.1867 - 02.07.1914

MOTHER                  LAURA BOASE  BORN REDRUTH  
                             19.11.1871 - 14.05.1899

SIBLINGS                 NONE

WIFE                       BACHELOR

CHILDREN                N/A

CAREER HISTORY

ENLISTED WITH DUKE OF CORNWALL LIGHT INFANTRY DURING WW1.  ROSE QUICKLY THROUGH THE RANKS. AFTER THE WAR JOINED THE POLICE IN FALMOUTH. 

HOBBIES

BIRD WATCHING, WATER COLOUR PAINTING AND SKETCHING.

FOIBLES

EMBARRASSED ABOUT HIS ART, TRIES TO KEEP IT A SECRET.  ALWAYS CARRIES 'EMERGENCY' FOOD IN HIS POCKETS - USUALLY A PORK PIE, MUCH TO BARTLETT'S DISGUST.