DOYLE, Harold
| Service Number: | 3805 |
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| Enlisted: | 13 March 1917 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 1st Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Walgett, New South Wales, Australia, July 1899 |
| Home Town: | Narrabri, Narrabri, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Mater Hospital, Crows Nest, New South Wales, Australia, 9 August 1960, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Northern Suburbs Memorial Gardens and Crematorium, NSW |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 13 Mar 1917: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3805, 55th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 31 Oct 1917: | Involvement Private, 3805, 55th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: '' | |
| 31 Oct 1917: | Embarked Private, 3805, 55th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Sydney | |
| 1 Apr 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 1st Infantry Battalion | |
| 27 May 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 3805, 1st Infantry Battalion | |
| 23 Aug 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 3805, 1st Infantry Battalion, "The Last Hundred Days" | |
| 27 Oct 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 3805, 1st Infantry Battalion |
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From: In Remembrance: Hungerford and Associated Families in the Great War 1914-1918
Harold DOYLE
Regimental Number: 3805
Unit Name: 55th Battalion, 10th Reinforcement
Religion: Church of England
Occupation: Labourer
Address: Narrabri, NSW
Age at Enlistment: 18 years and 3 months
Enlistment Date and Place: 13 March 1917, Narrabri, NSW
Next of Kin: Father, Mr. Harold Allister Doyle, Spring Creek, Narrabri, NSW
Rank on Enlistment: Private
Embarkation Details: Unit embarked from Sydney, NSW, on board HMAT A14 Euripides, on 31 October 1917
Rank from Nominal Roll: Private
Unit from Nominal Roll: 1st Battalion
Campaigns Served: France
Promotions/War Service: On 27 December 1917 he was in the 14th Battalion in Codford, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England. Admitted sick to No 4 Group Clearing Hospital on 25 January 1918. Back to unit on 7 February 1918. Proceeded overseas to France from Dover on 1 April 1918 to reinforce 1st Battalion. On 24 April 1918 he was Taken on Strength from 10 Reinforcement 55th Battalion to 1st Battalion and reallotted a Regimental Number of 3805A. Wounded in action on 27 May 1918 with a gunshot wound to abdomen and left leg, and admitted to 55th General Hospital. He rejoined his unit on 12 July 1918. Wounded in action (2nd occurrence) on 23 August 1918, and admitted to hospital on 24 August 1918, with a gunshot wound to left hand. He was discharged on 3 October 1918 and rejoined his battalion on 12 October 1918. In France until 15 May 1919, then back to England. Admitted sick to hospital in Bulford, Heytesbury, England, on 26 May 1919, and discharged on 17 June 1919. He left England to return to Australia on 23 July 1919.
Fate: Returned to Australia per HMAT A38 Ulysses, 5 September 1919. He married Amy Selina Smith, 22 May 1920, St John's Church of England, Darlinghurst, NSW
Place of Wounding: (1) Gunshot wound, abdomen and left leg, 27 May 1818, France.
(2) Gunshot wound, left hand, 23 August 1918, France.
Place of Death: 9 August 1960, Mater Hospital, Crows Nest, NSW
Place of Burial: Church of England Section, Northern Suburbs Cemetery (now known as Macquarie Park Cemetery), North Ryde, NSW
Medals/Citations: British War Medal; Victory Medal
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