DOYLE, Matthew
| Service Number: | 10063 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 8th Field Ambulance |
| Born: | Kilkenny, Ireland, date not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | State school teacher |
| Died: | Died of wounds, Belgium, 25 September 1917, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL Panel 31. , Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient), Townsville West State School Memorial Gate |
World War 1 Service
| 31 Mar 1916: | Involvement Private, 10063, 7th Field Ambulance, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '22' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Star of Victoria embarkation_ship_number: A16 public_note: '' | |
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| 31 Mar 1916: | Embarked Private, 10063, 7th Field Ambulance, HMAT Star of Victoria, Sydney | |
| 25 Sep 1917: | Involvement Private, 10063, 8th Field Ambulance, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 10063 awm_unit: 8th Australian Field Ambulance awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-09-25 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
He was 29 and the son of William and Catherine Doyle, of Upper Main St., Graignamanagh, County Kilkenny, Ireland. Catherine also lived at Graigue, County Kilkenny, Ireland-Graiguenamanagh or Graignamanagh, a town in County Kilkenny, Ireland is commonly referred to as Graigue.]
Lieutenant Patrick Devine aged 31 also hailed from Graignamanagh, County Kilkenny, Ireland and he too is commemorated on the Menin Gate.
Matthew lived at Hotel Victoria, South Brisbane, Queensland.
Enlistment date-2 September 1915
Place of enlistment-Townsville, Queensland
Age at embarkation-27
7th Field Ambulance, 11th Reinforcements
Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A16 Star of Victoria on 31 March 1916.
Taken on strength of 8th Field Ambulance, Ferry Post, Egypt, 13 May 1916.
Proceeded from Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 17 June 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 23 June 1916.
Admitted to 8th Field Ambulance, 12 February 1917; discharged to duty, 20 February 1917.
Wounded in action and admitted to 3rd Australian Field Ambulance, 25 September 1917.
Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
Graiguenamanagh or Graignamanagh (Irish: Gráig na Manach, meaning "village of the monks") is a town on the border between counties Kilkenny and Carlow in southeastern Ireland. It is located on the River Barrow, which demarcates the border between the two counties. Historically, the settlement on the eastern side of the Barrow was called Tinnahinch. This name is still in use by Carlow County Council, which refers to the town as "Graiguenamanagh-Tinnahinch" in all official documents, whereas Kilkenny County Council solely use the name Graiguenamanagh to refer to the entire town. The town is at the foot of Brandon Hill and is home to Duiske Abbey,[3] the largest of the thirty-four medieval Cistercian abbeys in Ireland.
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