LYLE, Frederick Archibald Harold
| Service Number: | 2498 |
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| Enlisted: | 21 September 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 30th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Teralba, New South Wales, Australia, 11 June 1891 |
| Home Town: | Hamilton, Newcastle, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Hamilton Superior Public School, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Packer |
| Died: | Pneumonia, 12th General Hospital, Rouen, France, 31 December 1916, aged 25 years |
| Cemetery: |
St Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen Block O, Plot IV, Row E, Grave No. 7) |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Hamilton Superior Public School Roll of Honour, Hamilton War Memorial, Wickham "Citizens of Wickham" Volunteers Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 21 Sep 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2498, 30th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 11 Mar 1916: | Involvement Private, 2498, 30th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Orsova embarkation_ship_number: A67 public_note: '' | |
| 11 Mar 1916: | Embarked Private, 2498, 30th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Orsova, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Frederick Archibald Harold LYLE was born in Teralba, New South Wlaes in 1891
His parents were Frederick Henry LYLE & Sophia WILKINS
Biography contributed by Evan Evans
From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
Let us remember a Fallen soldier of The Great War memorialised at Sandgate Cemetery.
107 years ago today, on the 31st December 1916, Private Frederick Archibald Harold Lyle, referred to as Archie, 30th Battalion (Reg No-2498), flour miller (packer man), from 18 Hubbard Street, Islington, New South Wales, died of bronchopneumonia and renal disease (3.30 a.m.) at the 12th General Hospital, Rouen, France, age 25 years 6 months.
Born at Teralba, New South Wales on the 11th June 1891 as LYELL to Frederick Henry (Fritz, died 21.7.1936, from Railway Reserve, Hamilton, New South Wales (1917) and Hudson Street, Hamilton, N.S.W. (1917) and "Archieville",143 Kings Road, Adamstown, N.S.W. (1922) and "Archieville", 109 Gosford Road, Adamstown, N.S.W., (1926), age 78, ANGLICAN 1-47. 30, marked grave - http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article140504292, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article140500027, https://www.findagrave.com/.../18030.../frederick-henry-lyle) and Sophia Wilkins Lyle nee Wilkins (married 1882, died 5.9.1947, from Railway Reserve, Hamilton, New South Wales (1917) and Hudson Street, Hamilton, N.S.W. (1917) and "Archieville",143 Kings Road, Adamstown, N.S.W. (1922) and "Archieville",109 Gosford Road, Adamstown, N.S.W., (1926), mother of 11, sleeping at METHODIST 1 (WESLEYAN) F NE. 8.); eldest Grandson of Henry (Henery) Enoch (died 30.5.1912, Hamilton, N.S.W., age 80) and Mary Wilkins (died 24.9.1878, of Wickham Street, Wickham, N.S.W., age 38), Archie enlisted on the 21st September 1915 at Newcastle, N.S.W.
Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales on board HMAT A68 Anchises on the 14th March 1916.
Admitted to the 5th Australian Field Ambulance on the 12th December 1916 (pneumonia).
Admitted to the 12th General Hospital at 10.30 p.m. on the 30th December 1916 (bronchopneumonia, very serious).
Laid to rest with military honours at 2.15 p.m. on the 1st January 1917 at Cimetière Saint Sever, Rouen, Grave 10, later as St Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen, France. Block O Plot IV Row E Grave 7.
Place of Association - Hamilton, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia.
Mr. Lyle’s name has been inscribed on the Hamilton (Gregson Park) War Memorial, Hamilton Municipal District Roll of Honor, Hamilton Superior Public School Roll of Honor, Wickham (Hawkins Oval) Soldiers' Memorial, Wickham Municipal District Roll of Honour Board (1) and The Capt. Clarence Smith Jeffries (V.C.) and Pte. William Matthew Currey (V.C.) Memorial Wall.
I have placed poppies at the memorialised gravesite of Grandparents Henry Enoch and Mary Wilkins and mother Sophia Wilkins Lyle in remembrance of the service and supreme sacrifice of their Grandson and son Archie for God, King & Country. METHODIST 1 (WESLEYAN) F NE. 8.
Unfortunately, there is no memorial inscription on the headstone plaque for father Frederick to tell us of the loss of his son during The Great War, and I cannot erect a Memorial cross, so I have placed poppies in remembrance of the service and supreme sacrifice of Archie for God, King & Country. ANGLICAN 1-47. 30.
Contact with descendants would be greatly appreciated.
For more detail, see “Forever Remembered “
http://www.commemoratingwarheroes.com/cemetery-main-search/
Lest We Forget.
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