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Francis Arthur BOYLE

Regimental number4676
Place of birthWarwick, Queensland
SchoolWarwick and Brisbane State Schools, Queensland
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationCommercial traveller
Addressc/o L W Burt, Box 1934 General Post Office, Sydney, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation37
Next of kinMother, Mrs E Boyle, Arrah Tribune Street, South Brisbane, Queensland
Enlistment date18 January 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name17th Battalion, 12th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/34/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A40 Ceramic on 13 April 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll17th Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularWounded in the head by a sniper's bullet while making an observation. Spent a month in hospital in France, and a month in hospital in England.
FateDied of wounds 31 December 1916
Place of death or woundingSomme sector, France
Date of death31 December 1916
Age at death38
Age at death from cemetery records38
Place of burialGuildford (Stoke) Cemetery (Row G, Grave No. 356), Surrey, England
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
82
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Henry and Ellen BOYLE, "Ecam", Wharf Street, Kangaroo Point, Brisbane, Queensland
Family/military connectionsCousin: Lieutenant Colonel Arthur Borlase STEVENS, DSO, CMG.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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