Source: SS Caronia Passenger Manifest.
Family Search: When Private Robert Maurice Buoy was born on 25 August 1896, in Barton Regis, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom, his father, Abraham Buoy, was 31 and his mother, Henrietta Ellen Louisa Phipps, was 31. He married Elva Adaline McMinn in 1919. They were the parents of at least 2 daughters. He immigrated to Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada in 1910 and lived in Bristol, England, United Kingdom in 1901. He registered for military service in 1915. In 1922, at the age of 26, his occupation is listed as caretaker, Palmerston Post Office in Palmerston, Perth, Ontario, Canada. He died on 30 September 1922, in Palmerston, Perth, Ontario, Canada, at the age of 26, and was buried in Palmerston Cemetery, Palmerston, Wellington County, Ontario, Canada.
British Home Child
Appears to be using a pseudonym after the war. Date of birth and death are the same. Place of birth and death are the same.
“Robert Maurice Boyd (1896-1922) was born to Wallace and Ethel (nee Phipps) in England. In 1901, the family moved to Canada, settling in the Fordwich, Ontario area. On July 10, 1919, he married Elva McMinn (1898-1957), the daughter of James and Elizabeth (Allen) McMinn. Irene Boyd was born in 1920, and Audrey in 1922. Robert was a caretaker at the Palmerston Post Office. He died in 1922 from what was believed to be the effects of mustard gas from World War 1.”
