DOYLE, Harry
| Service Number: | 2426 |
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| Enlisted: | 23 May 1917, Cairns, Queensland |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 11th Light Horse Regiment |
| Born: | Charters Towers, Queensland, 8 May 1897 |
| Home Town: | Gordonvale, Cairns, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farm hand |
| Died: | Natural causes, Cairns, Queensland, 28 October 1967, aged 70 years |
| Cemetery: |
Cairns (General) Cemetery, Queensland BEX W5 488A |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 23 May 1917: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2426, Cairns, Queensland | |
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| 19 Dec 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2426, 11th Light Horse Regiment, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: '' | |
| 19 Dec 1917: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2426, 11th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Ulysses, Sydney | |
| 22 Sep 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2426, 11th Light Horse Regiment |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Harry Doyle, an Indigenous World War 1 soldier, was part of the 11th Light Horse Regiment. His friends raised funds to erect a headstone for their fallen comrade's unmarked grave in Cairns, in far north Queensland. Harry Doyle was taken from his home on Fraser Island to Yarrabah and lied about his age to enlist with the Light Horse. Despite his youth, he joined the army on May 23, 1917 and was shipped on the HMAS Ulysses to the Middle East with the rest of his unit. Harry Doyle survived the war and resettled in Cairns in the early 1950s. When he died in 1967 aged 66 he was buried in an unmarked grave at the Martin Street cemetery.
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