Philip Edmund DOYLE

Regimental number41512
Date of birth3 February 1893
Place of birthRarotonga, Cook Islands
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationClerk
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation24
Height5' 9.5"
Weight147 lbs
Next of kinWife, Mrs Louisa Elizabeth Doyle, Johnsonville, Wellington
Previous military servicePost and Telegraph Corps, Territorial Force
Enlistment date2 January 1917
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 24th Reinforcements (2nd Draft), F Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 82 Pakeha on 14 April 1917
HMNZT 'Pakeha' embarked 14 April 1917; disembarked 18 April 1917; re-embarked and left New Zealand, 26 April 1917.
Final rankPrivate
Final unit2nd (South Canterbury) Company, 3rd Battalion, Canterbury Infantry Regiment
FateDied of wounds 20 October 1917
Age at death from cemetery records24
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsTyne Cot Memorial (New Zealand Apse, Panel No 2), Belgium
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: William Henry and Mary Eveline Doyle, Chamberlain Road, Johnsonville, Wellington.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Promoted to rank of Lance-Corporal, Featherston Camp, New Zealand, 5 April 1917.

Marched in and taken on strength 4th (Reserve) Battalion, Canterbury Infantry Regiment, and reverts to ranks, Sling Camp, Salisbury Plain, England, 28 July 1917. Marched out of Sling Camp and proceeded overseas to France, 23 September 1917; disembarks and marched in to New Zealand Infantry and General Base Depot, Etaples, France, 29 September 1917. Marched out of New Zealand Infantry and General Base Depot to join New Zealand Division in the field, 7 October 1917; Taken on strength, 2nd Battalion, Canterbury Infantry Regiment, and posted to 2nd (South Canterbury) Company, 9 October 1917.

Wounded in action and admitted to 2nd New Zealand Field Ambulance (gun shot wound, right thigh, and compound fractures, left knee and right hand), 19 October 1917; dies of wounds at Advanced Dressing Station, 2nd New Zealand Field Ambulance, 20 October 1917.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 3: Roll 60, p. 7
Archives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805