Richard Henry (Mick) O'BOYLE

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O'BOYLE, Richard Henry

Service Number:	TX2968
Enlisted:	17 July 1940
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd/24th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Strahan, Tasmania, Australia, 23 April 1919
Home Town:	Strahan, West Coast, Tasmania
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer, waiter
Died:	Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, 7 April 1982, aged 62 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Cornelian Bay Cemetery and Crematorium, Tasmania Derwent Gardens, Garden Bed CC/2855
Memorials:	Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial

World War 2 Service

17 Jul 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, TX2968, 2nd/24th Infantry Battalion
28 Jun 1941:	Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, 2nd/24th Infantry Battalion, formerly with 2nd/40th Battalion
30 Sep 1942:	Imprisoned Middle East / Mediterranean Theatre, previously reported missing on 22 Jul 1942; interned at various POW camps including Stalag; deplaned in UK May 1945; arrived in Sydney ex Otranto 29 Sep 1945
21 Dec 1945:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, TX2968, 2nd/24th Infantry Battalion

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Biography contributed by Cherilyn McMeekin

Richard was the fourth of five children. He had three older sisters and a younger brother.

His enlistment papers state that he was missing most of the index finger on his left hand. He was charged with several offenses while in the army, mainly being absent without leave.

Richard was captured and was on board the Italian transport ship Nino Bixio when it was torpedoed by a British submarine in the Mediterranean on 17 August 1942. The Nino Bixio was transporting Allied POWs from Libya to Italy. He was one of the 122 Australian POWs to survive the incident.

Richard did not marry and died in Hobart aged 63.

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