DOYLE, Henry Wright

DOYLE, Henry Wright

Full Name: Henry Wright

DOYLE

Date of Birth: 02

–

1896

Place of birth: Perth

Australia

Occupation: Carpenter

Address: Coombe Street Collie WA

Next of Kin: Father-Henry Doyle, Mother-Elizabeth Lyle Doyle

Next of Kin Address: Coombe Street Collie WA

Religion: Anglican

Service Number: 3450

Rank: Private

Unit/Division: 16th Battalion

Enlistment Date: 1915-07-21

Enlistment Location: Blackboy Hill

WA

Embarkation Port:

Embarkation Date: 1915-11-01

Embarkation Ship:

Disembarkation Port:

Disembarkation Date: 1915-11-24

Locations Served:

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Returned: No

Discharge Date:

Cause of Death: KIA

Date of Death:

Place of Death: Belgium

Age at Death: 21

Burial Location: Inscription Menin Gate Memorial Ieper Belgium- No Known Grave

23/07/1915- Completed Medical Examination Collie WA
5/08/1915-To No. 21 Depot Company as Private
23/08/1915-To 1st Depot Battalion
27/09/1915-To 16th Battalion 11th Reinforcements
7/03/1916-Joined 16th Battalion in the field Tel-el-Kebir Egypt
9/06/1916-Disembarked Marseilles France ex Alexandria
6/08/1916-Wounded in Action France ( Gunshot Wound Hand ) ex 7th Field Ambulance
15/08/1916-Rejoined Unit in the field France ex Hospital
29/08/1916-Wounded In Action France ( Shell Shock ) ex 3rd Canadian Field Ambulance ex 1st Aust Rest Station
3/09/1916-Rejoined Unit in the field France ex Wounded
21/09/1916-Wounded in Action France ( Shell Shock )- Remained at Duty
7/07/1917-Admitted 25th General Hospital Outrean France ( Scabies ) ex 2nd Army Rest Camp
8/07/1917-Discharged to 4th Aust Division Base Depot Havre France
16/07/1917-Admitted 25th General Hospital Outrean France ( Scabies )
24/07/1917-Rejoined Battalion in the field France ex Base Depot Havre ex Boulogne ex Illness
26/09/1917- KILLED IN ACTION Belgium

 

Service Medals Awarded

1914/15 Star – No. 13890

British War Medal – No. 23277

Victory Medal – No. 23108

Memorial Plaque/Scroll – No. 332601

 

Memorial Inscriptions

Menin Gate Memorial Ieper, Belgium

Australian War Memorial Canberra – Panel No. 79

Collie War Memorial, Western Australia

 

Soldier’s Brother & Sister Also Served-

Sister- Helen Grace ( Nellie ) DOYLE – Served with the British World War 1 Nurses, known as Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Military Nursing Service- She served extensively in France throughout the Great War.

Brother – Sidney Campbell DOYLE- 2880- Pte. 16th Battalion AIF – Enlisted 23/07/1915- Served Egypt, England & Western Front – Discharged 24/02/1920.