BOYLE, Michael Silvester
| Service Number: | 5336 |
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| Enlisted: | 13 January 1916, 4 yrs Cadets, Cobram, Vic |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 55th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Richmond, Victoria, Australia, June 1887 |
| Home Town: | Surry Hills, City of Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | War Service related , Moonee Ponds, Victoria, Australia, 19 November 1925 |
| Cemetery: |
Fawkner Memorial Park Cemetery, Victoria |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 13 Jan 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5336, 3rd Infantry Battalion, 4 yrs Cadets, Cobram, Vic | |
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| 14 Apr 1916: | Involvement Private, 5336, 3rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: '' | |
| 14 Apr 1916: | Embarked Private, 5336, 3rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Sydney | |
| 5 Jan 1920: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 5336, 55th Infantry Battalion, 2nd MD |
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From How We Served
The final resting place for; - 5336 Private Michael Silvester Boyle of Surry Hills, New South Wales and Moonee Ponds, Victoria, had been employed as a laborer when he enlisted for War Service on the 13th of January 1916, and was allocated to reinforcements for the 3rd Battalion 1st AIF.
Michael was embarked for Egypt and further training, departing Australia on the 14th of April, and following his arrival he entered camp at Tel El Kebir where he was marched into the 14th Training Battalion, after which he was transferred to the 55th Battalion.
On the 31st of June, Michael’s Battalion was embarked for France where they safely disembarked on the 29th of June and were sent to the trenches shortly after their arrival.
Michael’s service in the field would be continuous, aside brief periods of medical care due to illness, until he was wounded by gas poisoning on the 24th of March 1918, and was evacuated for hospitalization at Saint Omer.
Following his recovery and a short spell of convalescence, Michael was deemed fit for the trenches and re-joined his Battalion in the field on the 2nd of June.
Within weeks of his return, Michael was again wounded in action having received shrapnel wounds to his left elbow on the 13th of July. Again, Michael was evacuated for hospitalisation and was sent to England where he was admitted into the 1st Australian Auxiliary Hospital at Harefield on the 3rd of August.
After his hospital care, Michael again spent time as a convalescent, but was cited as no longer fit for Active Service, and was instead boarded an invalid to be returned to Australia. Embarking from England on the 20th of October, Michael returned to Australia on the 19th of December 1918, and received his official discharge from the 1st AIF on the 5th of January 1920.
Following his re-entry into civilian life, Michael’s death took place at his family home in Moonee Ponds on the 19th of November 1925 at the premature age of 38.
With his death being recorded as directly due to his service during the ‘Great War’, Private Michael Boyle, who had been wounded in action on two occasions, was afforded an official burial, and was formally laid to rest within Fawkner General Cemetery, Victoria.
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