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John Daniel BOYLE

Regimental number3458
Date of birth16 November 1877
Place of birth17 Little Lonsdale Street, Melbourne, Victoria
SchoolCatholic School in Melbourne (to 4th Grade).
ReligionRoman Catholic
OccupationFarm hand
AddressWalwa PO, Walwa, Upper Murray, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation37
Next of kinFriend, Mr E A Jarvis, Cudgewa PO via Cudgewa, Corryong, Victoria
Enlistment date26 August 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name24th Battalion, 8th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/41/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A19 Afric on 5 January 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll14th Battalion
FateReturned to Australia 8 April 1917
Discharge date30 July 1917 - Medically unfit
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

During the Battle of the Somme in France he was buried three times by bombs, and consequently suffered from shell shock. Was evacuated from France to England as a result of this and from the effects of being gassed. Married Hilda Whiting in 1919 and had six children (4 boys and two girls). Was allocated a Soldier Settlement Block in Tintaldara, Victoria where he operated a dairy farm for approx. 10 years. He then moved to Batlow, New South Wales and worked as a general labourer on farms and orchards in the area. His death in 1955 was from pneumonia (as a result of gassing and loss of lung function).
Miscellaneous detailsSon of John and Bridgette (nee Coleman) Boyle
Date of death6 October 1955
Age at death76
Place of burialBatlow Cemetery, New South Wales

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