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David DOYLE

Regimental number1740
Place of birthWexford, Ireland
ReligionRoman Catholic
OccupationLabourer
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation28
Height5' 6"
Weight175 lbs
Next of kinSister, Mrs Ellen O'Nei11, 21 Flinders Street, Liverpool, England
Previous military serviceServed for 5 years in the Royal Navy.
Enlistment date25 September 1914
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll28 September 1914
Place of enlistmentBroadmeadows, Victoria
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name5th Battalion, 4th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/22/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A18 Wiltshire on 14 April 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll5th Battalion
FateReturned to Australia 31 March 1919
Discharge date16 July 1919
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli, Western Front

Embarked, Melbourne, 13 April 1915.

Admitted to 'Dunluce Castle' (gun shot wound: hand, shoulders), D'Uelles, 26 May 1915; to 1st General Hospital, Heliopolis, Egypt, 31 May 1915; invalided to England, 18 June 1915; rejoined unit, Tel-el-Kebir, 14 January 1916.

Embarked, Alexandria, to join the British Expeditionary Force, 25 March 1916; disembarked, Marseilles, France, 30 March 1916.

Admitted to 1st Field Ambulance (pyrexia, unknown origin), 11 June 1917; to 1st Divisional Rest Station, 11 June 1917; discharged, 21 June 1917; rejoined unit, 23 June 1917; on leave to the United Kingdom, 21 January 1918; rejoined unit from leave, 4 February 1918; with unit, 20 February 1918.

Admitted to 3rd Australian Field Ambulance (influenza), 7 June 1918; to 58th Casualty Clearing Station, 7 June 1918; to 3rd Canadian General Hospital, 9 June 1918; to 10th Convalescent Depot, 14 June 1918; to 1st Australian Convalescent Depot, Havre, 20 June 1918; discharged to Base, 4 July 1918; marched out to unit, 13 July 1918; rejoined Bn, 16 July 1918.

Admitted to 2nd Australian Field Ambulance (gassed), 2 September 1918; to 2nd Australian Casualty Clearing Station, 2 September 1918; to 25th General Hospital, 4 September 1918; to 1st Convalescent Depot, Boulogne, 10 September 1918; to 10th Convalescent Depot, 12 September 1918; marched into Australian Infantry Base Depot, Havre, 27 September 1918; marched out to unit, 5 October 1918; rejoined Bn, 25 October 1918; transferred to England for return to Australia, 28 December 1918; disembarked, Southampton, England, 3 January 1919.

Admitted to 1st Australian Dermatological Hospital (venereal disease), Bulford, 7 January 1919; discharged, 23 January 1919, total period of treatment for venereal disease: 17 days.

Marched into Sutton Veny Command Depot, 23 January 1919.

Found guilty, 1 March 1919, of (1) being absent without leave from 11:59 pm, 21 February 1919, until 3 pm, 25 February 1919: awarded 4 days' detention; forfeited 4 days' pay.

Commenced return to Australia on board HT 'Khyber' from Liverpool, 31 March 1919; disembarked, Sydney, 15 May 1919; discharged, Sydney, 16 July 1919.

Medals: 1914-15 Star (returned: 10 May 1923), British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNAA: B2455, DOYLE David

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