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Second Lieutenant Henry Thomas Doyle

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Second Lieutenant Henry Thomas Doyle

Birth
Australia
Death
10 Oct 1918 (aged 26–27)
At Sea
Burial
Cabra, County Dublin, Ireland Add to Map
Plot
N.Z. RC. 2.
Memorial ID
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25/21 Second Lieutenant Henry Thomas Doyle.
The Wellington Regiment, N.Z.E.F.

Aged 28.
Born in Australia.
Son of Michael and Mary Doyle, of Westfield, Otahuhu, Auckland.

He enlisted on 6 September 1915, at Wellington, New Zealand.
At his enlistment, his mother's address was 25, Halston Road, Mount Eden, Auckland, New Zealand.
He was a Commercial Traveller when he enlisted.

On the 1915 Nominal Roll of the New Zealand Rifle Brigade, 3rd Battalion, "A" Company, he was recorded as Barrack Quarter Master Sergeant Henry Thomas Doyle.

Sent overseas on 5 February 1916, on board the Ulimaroa, he arrived at Suez on 12 March 1916.
He was promoted to Second Lieutenant on 29 September 1918.

His brother, Lance Corporal Charles Doyle died on 30 April 1920, aged 27, died of injuries received in WW1.

He was a military passenger on board R.M.S. Leinster which was sunk by torpedoes in the Irish Sea, 16 miles east of Dublin, shortly before 10am on the morning of 10th October 1918, on its outbound journey of 100km [68 miles] from Kingstown [now Dun Laoghaire], Dublin, to Holyhead, Anglesey, North Wales.

His name is included in
R.M.S. Leinster Casualties A - H

see also
Auckland Museum
25/21 Second Lieutenant Henry Thomas Doyle.
The Wellington Regiment, N.Z.E.F.

Aged 28.
Born in Australia.
Son of Michael and Mary Doyle, of Westfield, Otahuhu, Auckland.

He enlisted on 6 September 1915, at Wellington, New Zealand.
At his enlistment, his mother's address was 25, Halston Road, Mount Eden, Auckland, New Zealand.
He was a Commercial Traveller when he enlisted.

On the 1915 Nominal Roll of the New Zealand Rifle Brigade, 3rd Battalion, "A" Company, he was recorded as Barrack Quarter Master Sergeant Henry Thomas Doyle.

Sent overseas on 5 February 1916, on board the Ulimaroa, he arrived at Suez on 12 March 1916.
He was promoted to Second Lieutenant on 29 September 1918.

His brother, Lance Corporal Charles Doyle died on 30 April 1920, aged 27, died of injuries received in WW1.

He was a military passenger on board R.M.S. Leinster which was sunk by torpedoes in the Irish Sea, 16 miles east of Dublin, shortly before 10am on the morning of 10th October 1918, on its outbound journey of 100km [68 miles] from Kingstown [now Dun Laoghaire], Dublin, to Holyhead, Anglesey, North Wales.

His name is included in
R.M.S. Leinster Casualties A - H

see also
Auckland Museum

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