The Australian Boer War Memorial
Anzac Parade Canberra
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Trooper Thomas Doyle |
Ancestor Details
Ancestor's Name: Thomas Patrick Doyle
Ancestor's date of birth: 17/02/1885
Ancestor's date of death: 18/03/1951
Cause of Death: Carcinoma of rectum
Service Number: 3315
Colony or State of enlistment: NSW Place of Enlistment: Detail not provided
Unit: Doyle's Australian Scouts
Rank attained in Boer War: TPR, Date Effective: On enlistment
Highest Rank attained (if served after war): No evidence of post Boer War Service.
Murray Page: Not mentioned in Murray
Contingent: Not known
Ship: Not known
Memorial details: Details not provided
Awards/Decorations: Queen's South Africa medal with Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal and SA 1902 clasps (David Deasey 2011).
Personal Characteristics: An active Unionist and elected MLC (NSW) in 1925
Reasons to go and fight: Detail not provided.
Details of service in war: Doyle's Scouts were formed late 1901 or early 1902 from Queenslanders from Australian Commonwealth Regt, recruits and contingent members choosing to remain in South Africa when their contingents departed. Thomas was presumably detached from a contingent arriving in South Africa. Doyle's Scouts are only reported as being active in the Transvaal. Commanding officer: Captain R. D. Doyle (NSW)
Service and life after the Boer War: While a member of the Legislative Council he was the nominal defendant in the privy Council case NSW ATTORNEY GENERAL -v- DOYLE (1933)
Descendant Details
Name of Descendant: Ken Doyle, DANGAR NSW
Relationship to Ancestor: grandson
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