death_place death_date birth_place party birth_date article_title name
murwillumbah 3 march 1985 murwillumbah , new south wales national party of australia 3 december 1921 jack boyd
 jack boyd
jack boyd

john charles -lrb- jack -rrb- boyd -lrb- 3 december 19213 march 1985 -rrb- was an australian politician and member of the new south wales legislative assembly from 1973 until 1984 .
he was a member of the country party and its successors .
boyd was born in murwillumbah , new south wales .
he was educated at murwillumbah high school and became a sugarcane grower and agriculturist .
he was active in a number of farming groups including the banana growers federation and the new south wales council of canegrowers .
in 1940 boyd joined the 2nd australian imperial forces and saw service at tobruk , where he was wounded .
he was commissioned in 1943 .
following his war service he continued to serve in the army reserve and eventually reached the rank of lieutenant-colonel .
boyd was elected to the new south wales parliament for the seat of byron at a by-election caused be the resignation of stanley stephens .
he retained the seat until his retirement at the 1984 state election .
he did not hold ministerial or party office .
