Boyle, Joseph Patrick
PLACE OF BIRTH
Port Douglas
OCCUPATION
Labourer
PLACE OF ENLISTMENT
Bundaberg
DATE OF ENLISTMENT
17/04/1916
NEXT OF KIN
William Boyle (father)
LINK TO DOUGLAS SHIRE
Born Port Douglas
REGIMENT 1
49th Battalion AIF
REGIMENT 2
Initially appointed to the 11th Battalion, transferred to the 49th Battalion.
RANK
Lance Corporal
CAMPAIGN 1
Western Front
KILLED IN ACTION
Yes 12-10-1917
OTHER INFORMATION
Letters. British War Medal, 1914/15 Star, Victory Medal.
STORY OUTLINE
Born in Port Douglas, Joseph Boyle enlisted in April 1916, by then a labourer at Bundaberg. He arrived in England in December 1916 and then marched into Etaples on 17 February 1917 with the 11th Battalion. Lance Corporal Boyle was transferred to the 49th Battalion in August 1917, then wounded in action in the field in September 1917. He rejoined the unit in Belgium on 6th October 1917, only to be killed in action just a few days later on 12th October.
SERVICE NO
2398B
