The death occurred at Royal Alexander Hospital for Children, on August 30, of Robert Mervyn Boyd, youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Boyd, of Tarago, aged three years four months.
He had been ill for nine months with an unusual blood disease.
Besides his parents, he is survived by a sister and brother, Beverley and Graeme.
The funeral took place in the Church of England portion of the General Cemetery, Goulburn, on September 2, after a service at Christ Church, West Goulburn, commencing at 11 o'clock.
There is no grief which time does not lessen and soften.
—Cicero.
'Boyd, Robert (1949–1952)', Obituaries Australia, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, https://oa.anu.edu.au/obituary/boyd-robert-21924/text31956, accessed 19 April 2026.
April,
1949
New South Wales,
Australia
30 August,
1952
(aged 3)
New South Wales,
Australia