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Clifford William BOYLE

Regimental number4364
Place of birthMysia, Queensland
SchoolState School, Mysia, Victoria
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationFarmer
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation19
Next of kinFather, Charles Boyle, Mysia PO, Mysia, Victoria
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date9 October 1914
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll8 October 1914
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name23rd Battalion, 11th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/49/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board RMS Malwa on 23 April 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll23rd Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularTook part in the landing at Gallipoli on 25 April 1915. Contracted enteric fever and was invalided back to Australia, but eventually returned to France. Died in Rouen Hospital, France.
FateDied of wounds 22 December 1916
Miscellaneous details (Nominal Roll)*Second entry
Place of death or woundingSomme sector, France
Date of death22 December 1916
Age at death20.6
Age at death from cemetery records20
Place of burialSt. Sever Cemetery Extension (Block O. Plot III, Row F, Grave No. 6), Rouen, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
98
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Charles and Malvina BOYLE, Mysia, Victoria
Family/military connectionsBrother: 1803 Norman Charles BOYLE, 38th Bn, returned to Australia; Cousin: 5051 Harold Charles BOYLE, 6th Bn, killed in action, Broodseinde Ridge, Ypres, Belgium, 4 October 1917.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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