War service: Samoa, Egypt, Western Front

Embarked Wellington, 8 January 1916; disembarked Suez, 12 February 1916; marched into Base Depot, 14 February 1916.

Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, France, 6 April 1916.

Wounded in action, 25 July 1916 (gun shot wound, left leg), and admitted to No 1 Field Ambulance; transferred to 35th General Hospital, 27 July 1916; to No 1 Convalescent Depot, 5 August 1916; to NZ Base Depot, Etaples, 18 August 1916; rejoined unit, in the field, 29 September 1916.

On leave to United Kingdom, 1 August 1917; rejoined unit from leave, 12 August 1917.

Reported missing, 12 October 1917.

Court of Enquiry, held at Bus-Les-Artois, 27 April 1918, concluded: 'Killed in action, 12 October 1917.

Statement, 4/2012 Sapper Roy WEIR: 'On 12.10.17 in the attack on Passchendaele I was a member of 2nd Lt Harty's line party. Our work was to lay the forward lines from Cable Head to the Forward Stations of the attacking Brigades. Spr Boucher of this Company belonged to the party. The last I saw of him was when he was making joints when we came to the end of the first drum of cable. This was near Fleet Cottage.'

Second statement, 4/1805 Corporal McKENZIE: 'I was also a member of 2nd Lt Harty's party on the day in question. The last I saw of Spr Boucher was when he was taking shelter near Fleet Cottage. I could see him from our dug-out about 40 or 50 yards to the south. I saw him crawl out of sight, & if he remained he was certainly killed as the shelling was intense.'

Third statement, 10433 Sapper W.G. HENRY: 'I was also a member of 2nd Lt. Harty's party on the day in question. I saw Spr Boucher return from Fleet Cottage to make the joints close by. I saw no more of him. On looking back about 10 mins later I saw the spot where Spr Boucher was being heavily shelled. If he was there he would have had no chance of escape.'