BOYLE  R.E.

Given Names:  Robert Edward

               

Service Number:  4667

Unit:  23rd Battalion, 12th reinforcements                                                                         

Rank:  Private  

Paybook Number: 

 

Age:  33 Yrs   

Occupation:  Contractor                                                                                                 

Marital Status:  Married

Religion:  Presbyterian

 

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION           

Height:  5 Ft  10¾ In                

Weight:  145 Lbs

Chest:  34½-37 In

Hair:  Brown

Eyes:  Blue

Complexion:  Fresh

 

ENLISTMENT

Date Enlisted:  9/7/1915

Place:  Melbourne

Next of Kin:  MOTHER  Selina Boyle

Packington Street, Kew, Victoria                                                                                       

Embarkation Date:  4/4/1916

Port:  Melbourne                                       

Ship:  HMAT Euripides A14

 

END OF WAR 

Status:  Returned to Australia

Ship:  Persic    

Embarked:  21/12/1917                             

Disembarked:  12/2/1918

Unit:  23rd Battalion                                                                                                                      

Rank:  Private

Discharge Date:  26/2/1918                       

Place: 

 

MEDALS AND AWARDS

14/15 Star:  Not earned

British War Medal:  40299

Victory Medal:  39747

Other:   

 

BIRTH

Date or Year:  1882

Place:  St Kilda, Victoria                          

Father:  Robert Edward BOYLE               

Mother:  Selina Elizabeth BURT

 

MARRIAGE

Year:  1904     

Place:             

Spouse: Ethel June WATSON

 

DEATH

Date or Year: 8/5/1964                            

Place: Heidelberg, Victoria                      

Burial:  Springvale, Victoria

 

SERVICE RECORD HIGHLIGHTS

Suffered trench fever March 1917

 

MEMORIALS

Kew War Memorial

 

WORLD WAR 2 SERVICE

Service Number:                                                    

Date Enlisted:                                                        

Date Discharged: 

 

COMMENTS

FURTHER INFORMATION

 

Kew Rotary