| Regimental number | 1366 |
| Place of birth | Liverpool, England |
| Religion | Society of Friends (Quaker) |
| Occupation | Agent |
| Marital status | Single |
| Age at embarkation | 25 |
| Height | 5' 7.5" |
| Weight | 115 lbs |
| Next of kin | William Boyle Hollybank, Eaton Road, West Derby, Liverpool, England |
| Previous military service | Served in the 25th Australian Light Horse, Citizen Military Forces. |
| Enlistment date | |
| Place of enlistment | Blackboy Hill, Western Australia |
| Rank on enlistment | Bugler |
| Unit name | Field Ambulance 4, Section C |
| AWM Embarkation Roll number | 26/47/1 |
| Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia, on board Transport A31 Ajana on |
| Rank from Nominal Roll | Private |
| Unit from Nominal Roll | Australian Motor Transport Section |
| Fate | Returned to Australia |
| Date of death | |
| Age at death from cemetery records | 31 |
| Place of burial | Fremantle Cemetery, Western Australia |
| Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 181 |
| Discharge date | |
| Other details |
War service: Egypt, Gallipoli, Western Front Embarked Alexandria to join the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, Gallipoli, 12 April 1915. Admitted to 4th Field Ambulance, 26 August 1915 (influenza); transferred to 25th Casualty Clearing Station, Imbros, 27 August 1915; to Alexandria, 28 August 1915 (diarrhoea), and admitted to 1st Australian General Hospital, Heliopolis, 2 September 1915; to Convalescent Depot, 8 September 1915. Rejoined unit, Gallipoli, 7 December 1915. Disembarked Alexandria 18 December 1915 (general Gallipoli evacuation). Transferred to 12th Field Ambulance, Tel el Kebir, 29 February 1916. Admitted to 12th Field Ambulance, Railhead, 18 April 1916 (influenza); discharged, 25 April 1916. Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 4 June 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 11 June 1916. Transferred to Motor Transport Section, Army Service Corps, 23 December 1916, and attached to 1st Australian Division Supply Column, and remained attached to 12th Field Ambulance for duty. Wounded in action, 23 January 1917 (shell abrasions, left thigh: slight); admitted to 36th Casualty Clearing Station, 25 January 1917; transferred to Ambulance Train No 22, 25 January 1917, and admitted to 12th General Hospital, 26 January 1917 (gun shot wound, left thigh); transferred to England, 30 January 1917, and admitted to 3rd Southern General Hospital, Oxford, 31 January 1917 (gun shot wound, right [sic] thigh: severe); transferred to 3rd Australian Auxiliary Hospital, Dartford, 7 March 1917. Married May Ethel MILES, spinster, aged 21, Holy Trinity Anglican Church, Dartford, Kent, 15 September 1917. Attached for duty to 3rd Australian Auxiliary Hospital, Dartford, 4 December 1917. Admitted to 3rd Australian Auxiliary Hospital, Dartford, 12 August 1918 (tuberculosis). Marched in to No 2 Command Depot, Weymouth, 13 November 1918. Commenced return to Australia on board HS 'Kanowna', 5 January 1919; disembarked Fremantle, 20 February 1919; discharged (medically unfit), Perth, 3 November 1919. Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal Died, 8th Australian General Hospital, 19 December 1920 (cause of death: 1. Phthisis; 2. Cachexia). Wife returned to Liverpool, England, 1921. |
| Sources | NAA: B2455, BOYLE Duncan Grant |
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