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Victor Leo Gordon BOYLE

Regimental number4559
Place of birthFitzroy, Victoria
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationBricklayer
AddressPO, Beenup, Western Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation18.1
Height5' 4.25"
Weight126 lbs
Next of kinBrother, P T Boyle on Active Service and R Boyle, Beenup, Western Australia
Previous military serviceNil (Exempt Area under Compulsory Military Training scheme)
Enlistment date10 November 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll8 November 1915
Place of enlistmentPerth, Western Australia
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name16th Battalion, 14th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/33/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia, on board HMAT A28 Miltiades on 12 February 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll48th Battalion
FateReturned to Australia 3 March 1919
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Plaque in Western Australia Garden of Remembrance
Discharge date18 September 1919
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Reported missing in action, 5 April 1918; subsequently reported prisoner of war in Germany.

Repatriated from Germany; arrived England, 12 January 1919.

Commenced return to Australia on board HT 'Euripides', 3 March 1919; discharged (medically unfit), Perth, 18 September 1919.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
Date of death23 December 1966
Age at death69
Place of burialKarrakatta Cemetery and Crematorium, Perth, Western Australia
SourcesNAA: B2455, BOYLE Victor Leo Gordon

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