DOYLE, Thomas
| Service Number: | 2132 |
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| Enlisted: | 24 April 1915, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 1st Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Redfern, New South Wales, Australia, 1 May 1891 |
| Home Town: | Crows Nest, North Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Carter |
| Died: | Died of wounds - bullet wound to the back, At sea on board HS Rewa off Mudros, 15 August 1915, aged 24 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Panel 14, Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Haymarket NSW Government Railway and Tramway Honour Board, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing |
World War 1 Service
| 24 Apr 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2132, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW | |
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| 16 Jun 1915: | Involvement Private, 2132, 1st Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Karoola embarkation_ship_number: A63 public_note: '' | |
| 16 Jun 1915: | Embarked Private, 2132, 1st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Karoola, Sydney |
Great Sydney Central Station Honour Board
Thomas DOYLE, (Service Number 2132) was born on 1 May 1891 in Redfern and commenced work as a tool collector at Murrurundi Locomotive Depot on 1 December 1913. By the time the railway clerks recorded his formal ‘Granted leave to join Expdty Forces’ on his record card, in February 1916, he had been dead for six months.
He received a bullet wound to his back at Gallipoli on 19 August and died on the Hospital Ship ‘Rewa’ while being conveyed to Mudros. He was buried at sea, by Principal Chaplain V L Keelan.
Submitted 19 June 2023 by John Oakes
Biography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Joseph and Charlotte Doyle of 'Darlington', Albany Street, Crow's Nest NSW
Medals" 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Also served in the Citizen Military Forces for over 2 years
Biography contributed by John Oakes
Thomas DOYLE, (Service Number 2132) was born on 1st May 1891 in Redfern. He commenced work as a tool collector at Murrurundi Locomotive Depot on 1st December 1913.
He enlisted on 24th April 1915, the day before Anzac Day. He left Australia on 16th June on HMAT ‘Karoola’.
He received a bullet wound to his back at Gallipoli on 19th August. He died on the Hospital Ship ‘Rewa’ while being conveyed to Mudros (on the Greek Island of Lemnos). He was buried at sea, by Principal Chaplain V L Keelan.
As he has no grave his name is recorded on the Memorial at Lone Pine.
- based on notes for the Great Sydney Central Station Honour Board
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