Frederick John (Jack) DOYLE

DOYLE, Frederick John

    Service Numbers: 543, V375578
    Enlisted: 17 August 1914, Broadmeadows, Victoria
    Last Rank: Signaller
    Last Unit: Lines of Communication Units
    Born: Bruny Island, Tasmania, 9 December 1894
    Home Town: Ararat, Ararat, Victoria
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Miner
    Died: Natural causes (tuberculosis), Mortlake, Victoria, 17 June 1946, aged 51 years
    Cemetery: Mortlake Cemetery, Victoria
    Presbyterian section
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    World War 1 Service

    17 Aug 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 543, Broadmeadows, Victoria
    19 Oct 1914: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 543, 8th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Benalla, Melbourne
    19 Oct 1914: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 543, 8th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Benalla embarkation_ship_number: A24 public_note: ''
    25 Apr 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 543, 8th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli
    6 Jul 1915: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 543, 8th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Shock
    12 Mar 1916: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 2nd Machine Gun Company
    22 Mar 1916: Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 2nd Machine Gun Company
    15 Aug 1916: Wounded AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 543, 8th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , 2nd occasion - GSW (scalp, face, right knee)
    4 Jun 1918: Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 1st Machine Gun Battalion
    1 Jan 1920: Discharged AIF WW1, Sergeant, 543, 1st Machine Gun Battalion

    World War 2 Service

    15 Apr 1942: Enlisted Private, V375578, Terang, Victoria
    15 Apr 1942: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, V375578
    16 Apr 1942: Discharged Signaller, V375578, Lines of Communication Units, 3 Lines of Communication Signals

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    Biography contributed by John Edwards

    "...543 Private Frederick John 'Jack' Doyle, 8th Battalion, a miner of Ararat, Vic. Pte Doyle enlisted on 17 August 1914 and embarked from Melbourne aboard HMAT Benalla on 19 October 1914. He returned to Australia on 5 April 1919 with the 1st Machine Gun Battalion." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)

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