Kenneth Herbert DOYLE

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DOYLE, Kenneth Herbert

Service Number:	280
Enlisted:	31 August 1914, Enlisted at Kensington, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Condobolin, New South Wales, Australia, 1894
Home Town:	Condobolin, Lachlan, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 2 May 1915
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave Panel 17, Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing

World War 1 Service

31 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 280, 2nd (SA) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC), Enlisted at Kensington, NSW
18 Oct 1914:	Involvement Private, 280, 2nd Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Suffolk embarkation_ship_number: A23 public_note: ''
18 Oct 1914:	Embarked Private, 280, 2nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Suffolk, Sydney

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of Lawrence and Blanche Doyle of Conbobolin, NSW

Next of kin given as his sister Heather Oroya (known as Queenie) White nee Doyle of Nelson Bay Road, Waverley, NSW later of Orange Street, Condoolin, NSW. Whe nominated as his next of kin she did so under the name of Queenie Doyle

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

Also served in the Militia

Biography contributed by Stephen Brooks

Although the official report concerning Private Doyle is that he is missing, letters from Condobolin comrades, who were with him state that shortly after landing he was shot in the knee. Immediately, afterwards he was charged by two Turks, one of whom he succeeded in shooting, but the other one then bayoneted him, killing him right out. Sometime before enlisting Private Doyle worked at the building trade in Condobolin with his uncle, Mr. F. W. Martin. He was 20 years of age, and was educated at Scots College, Rose Bay.

Sydney Daily Telegraph, Wednesday 21 July 1915.

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