DOYLE, John Michael
| Service Number: | 191 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 17th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | St. Peters, Athlone, County Westmeath, Ireland , 12 May 1885 |
| Home Town: | Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Marist Brother’s College, Athlone, Co. Westmeath, Republic of Ireland |
| Occupation: | Assistant Butcher (listed as Commercial Traveller on Report of Death of Soldier Army form B. 2090) |
| Died: | Asthma and Capillary Bronchitis, Royal Herbert Hospital, Woolwich, London, England , 5 March 1916, aged 30 years |
| Cemetery: |
Cam Cemetery Plot (south of ruins) and has a Commonwealth War Graves Commission headstone. |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 12 May 1915: | Involvement Private, 191, 17th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: '' | |
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| 12 May 1915: | Embarked Private, 191, 17th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Themistocles, Sydney | |
| 5 Mar 1916: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 191, 17th Infantry Battalion, Illness (Asthma and Bronchitis) |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
He was 31.
Deaths Mar 1916 Doyle John M 31 Woolwich 1d 1380
Biography contributed by Cathy Sedgwick
The summary below was completed by Cathy Sedgwick (OAM) – Facebook “WW1 Australian War Graves in England/UK/Scotland/Ireland”
John Michael Doyle was born at St. Peters, Athlone, County Westmeath, Ireland on 12th May, 1885 to parents James & Maria Josephine Doyle.
According to information proved by his cousin for the Roll of Honour – John Michael Doyle was aged 26 when he came to Australia.
He enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force (A.I.F.) on 28th January, 1915 as a 29 year old, single, Assistant Butcher (listed as Commercial Traveller on Report of Death of Soldier Army form B. 2090) from 46 Kent Street, Sydney, NSW.
While camped at Liverpool, NSW for recruit training, Private John Michael Doyle was fined 5/- one days’ pay & 2 days confined to Barracks for overstaying leave from 12 pm on 16th March, 1915 to 6 am on 18th March, 1915 – 30 hours. He was fined again – 2 days’ pay for being absent without leave from Liverpool Camp from 1 pm on 27th March, 1915 until 6 am on 29th March, 1915.
Private John Michael Doyle, Service number 191, embarked from Sydney, NSW on HMAT Themistocles (A32) on 12th May, 1915 with the 5th Infantry Brigade, 17th Infantry Battalion “A” Company.
He proceeded to join M.E.F. (Mediterranean Expeditionary Force) on Gallipoli Peninsula on 16th August, 1915.
On 18th September, 1915 Private Doyle was transferred to Hospital at Gallipoli Peninsula. He was admitted to 1st Casualty Clearing Station with Dysentery then transferred to Hospital Ship Maheno on 18th September, 1915. Private Doyle was admitted to St. Patricks Hospital, Malta on 23rd September, 1915. He embarked for England on Hospital Ship Dunluce Castle on 13th October, 1915.
He was admitted to 3rd London General Hospital, Wandsworth, London on 19th October, 1915 with Dysentery & discharged on 23rd December, 1915.
Private John Michael Doyle died on 5th March, 1916 at Royal Herbert Hospital, Woolwich, London, England from Asthma & Capillary Bronchitis.
The body of the late Private John Michael Doyle was taken to Athlone, Ireland at the request of relatives. Private John Michael Doyle was buried on 9th March, 1916 in Cam Cemetery, Cam, County Roscommon, Republic of Ireland – Plot (south of ruins) and has a Commonwealth War Graves Commission headstone.
Newspaper Article - Westmeath Independent, Republic of Ireland April 1917:
Late Private John Doyle.
At the meeting of the Athlone No 2 Council on Saturday, the War Office was granted permission by the Council to erect a memorial over the grave of the late Private John Doyle of the Australian Forces, in Cam graveyard.
(The above is a summary of my research. The full research can be found by following the link below)
https://ww1austburialsuk.weebly.com/cam.html
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