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Dennis Jeremiah DOYLE

Regimental number9516
Place of birthKillorglin, Kerry, Ireland
ReligionRoman Catholic
OccupationGanger
AddressBrisbane, Queensland
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation43
Next of kinWife, Mrs Hannah Kennedy Doyle, 302 Wickham Street, Valley, Brisbane, Queensland
Enlistment date21 January 1916
Place of enlistmentBrisbane, Queensland
Rank on enlistmentSapper
Unit name11th Field Company Engineers, Section 4
AWM Embarkation Roll number14/30/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from OUTER HARBOR, South Australia, on board HMAT A29 Suevic on 31 May 1916
Rank from Nominal RollSapper
Unit from Nominal Roll11th Field Company Engineers
FateReturned to Australia 1 November 1917
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Plaque in Queensland Garden of Remembrance
Discharge date9 February 1918
Other details

War service: Western Front

Embarked, Adelaide, 31 May 1916; disembarked, Devonport, England, 21 July 1916; proceeded overseas to France, 24 November 1916.

Admitted to 10th Australian Field Ambulance (debility), 4 July 1917; to Divisional Rest Station (dilated heart), 7 July 1917; rejoined unit, 17 July 1917; re-admitted to 1st New Zealand Field Ambulance, 17 July 1917; detached to Australian General Base Depot, 23 September 1917; to England, 5 October 1917; marched into Weymouth Command Depot, England, 6 October 1917.

Commenced return to Australia on board HT 'Anchises' for discharge, 1 November 1917; disembarked, Melbourne, for onward travel to Brisbane, 3 January 1918; discharged (medically unfit: debility, age), Brisbane, 9 February 1918.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
Date of death19 February 1951
SourcesNAA: B2455, DOYLE Dennis Jeremiah

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