DOYLE, Desmond Leo Thomas
| Service Number: | 148225 |
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| Enlisted: | 31 March 1944 |
| Last Rank: | Leading Aircraftman |
| Last Unit: | RAAF Eastern Area Headquarters (Sydney) |
| Born: | Elsternwick, Victoria, Australia, 20 April 1915 |
| Home Town: | Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Sheet Metal Worker |
| Died: | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 18 August 1976, aged 61 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne |
| Memorials: |
World War 2 Service
| 31 Mar 1944: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 148225 | |
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| 9 Nov 1948: | Discharged Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 148225, RAAF Eastern Area Headquarters (Sydney) |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
Desmond (Leo) was the second of three children of James Francis Doyle (b1888 in Warracknabeal, Victoria) and Ethel May Conduit (b1884 in Ararat, Victoria. James - a Baker - and Ethel - a Housekeeper - married in 1912 in Warracknabeal, Victoria. They moved to Melbourne where they raised their family - living briefly in Ferntree Gully when James worked for the Railways.
Desmond was a Sheet Metal Worker in Melbourne in January 1939 when he enlisted in the Militia (Private; Service No:323629), serving with 46th Battalion until he transferred to the Reserves in October 1939. In March 1944 he enlisted with the RAAF (Leading Aircraftman; Service No:148225) and was attached to Eastern Area HQ when he was Discharged in November 1948.
In 1950 Desmond was working in Melbournes as a Sheet Metal Worker when he married Sheila Elizabeth Larkin (b1918 in Benalla, Victoria). Sheila - a Salewoman - and Desmond settled in Melbourne where Desmond was a Metal Worker. He died in 1976 and Sheila died in 2006.