Austin Walter BOYLE

BOYLE, Austin Walter

Service Number: 859
Enlisted: Not yet discovered
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 18th Infantry Battalion
Born: Blyth, Northumberland, England, 21 April 1895
Home Town: Coogee, Randwick, New South Wales
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Compositor
Died: Wounds, At sea on board New Zealand Hospital Ship 'Maheno', Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 3 September 1915, aged 20 years
Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Panel 61. , Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
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World War 1 Service

25 Jun 1915: Involvement Private, 859, 18th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: ''
25 Jun 1915: Embarked Private, 859, 18th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Sydney
3 Sep 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 859, 18th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli

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Biography contributed by Robert Kearney

Enlisted and served under alias John Wally Doyle

Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon


Place of birth-Berwick Upon Tweed England

Births Jun 1895  Boyle Austin Tynemouth 10b 304.

1901 census-West Hartlepool, Durham, England, United Kingdom

Joseph Boyle Head 32 Hull, Yorkshire

Sarah Boyle Wife 29 Chester Le Street, Durham

Austin Boyle  Son 6 Blyth, Northumberland

Norah Boyle  Daughter 4 Blyth, Northumberland

Hilda Boyle  Daughter 3 Gateshead, Durham

Sarah Tickell  Visitor 52 Washington, Durham

Jack Tickell  Visitor 21 Silksworth, Durham

Thomas Tickell Visitor 19 Whitburn, Durham

 

Address-Essie Villa, Maymotte Street, Coogee, Sydney, New South Wales.
 
 
Next of kin-Guardian, Miss Hilda Boyle, 67 North Street, Hull, England-see 1901 census
Enlistment date-25 March 1915- Private-18th Battalion, C Company.

Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board Transport A40 Ceramic on 25 June 1915-he was 21 at the time.

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