Joseph Patrick BOYLE

BOYLE, Joseph Patrick

    Service Numbers: 2398, 2398B
    Enlisted: 17 April 1916, Bundaberg, Qld.
    Last Rank: Lance Corporal
    Last Unit: 49th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Port Douglas, Queensland, Australia, 2 May 1879
    Home Town: Bundaberg, Bundaberg, Queensland
    Schooling: State School
    Occupation: Labourer
    Died: Killed in Action, Belgium, 12 October 1917, aged 38 years
    Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bundaberg War Memorial, Dayboro Showgrounds War Memorial, Dayboro War Memorial, Dayboro World War One Memorial, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient)
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    World War 1 Service

    17 Apr 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2398, 49th Infantry Battalion, Bundaberg, Qld.
    19 Sep 1916: Involvement Private, 2398, 49th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Seang Choon embarkation_ship_number: A49 public_note: ''
    19 Sep 1916: Embarked Private, 2398, 49th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Seang Choon, Brisbane
    12 Oct 1917: Involvement Lance Corporal, 2398B, 49th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2398B awm_unit: 49th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1917-10-12

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    Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

    Joseph Patrick Boyle aged 37 when he enlisted, son of Terence Boyle and Ellenor Pass Badger. Joseph was working in Terrors Creek as a labourer and was a cousin of the Cruice family, a well-known pioneer family from Dayboro. He was killed in action in Ypres, West Flanders Belgium and is commemorated on the Menin Gate Memorial. Joseph died aged 38.

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