DOYLE, Cornelius James

DOYLE, Cornelius James – A Southern Downs Veteran

CONFLICT : WWI
SERVICE NO : 5069
RANK : Private
UNIT : 49th Battalion
ENLISTMENT DATE : 29/09/1915
AGE : 23
PLACE OF ENLISTMENT : Brisbane, Queensland
PLACE OF BIRTH : Dalveen, Queensland
RELIGION : Roman Catholic
OCCUPATION : Railway Porter
DATE OF DEATH : 28/09/1965
PLACE OF BURIAL : Ipswich, Queensland

MEMORIALS : Dalveen WWI Honour Boards, Stanthorpe Soldiers Memorial Rolls of Honor, Allora Shire Soldiers Memorial, Amosfield War Memorial

View Veteran’s Service File : DOYLE, Cornelius James

NOTES :

Cornelius James Doyle was born at Dalveen to Daniel Doyle and Margaret Doyle nee Donovan. It is noted that his mother was listed as his next of kin on his attestation papers when he enlisted in the AIF on September 29, 1915.

When he left school Cornelius secured a position as a Lad Porter for the Queensland Government Railways in Toowoomba in 1907 and in 1908 he was stationed at Wallangarra. At the time of his enlistment he was working at Roma Street Railway Station, Brisbane. His brothers Charles James Doyle 2306 and David Doyle 2305 also enlisted in the AIF at different time in the same year.

Sent to France, he was transferred to the 49th Battalion. In September 1916 he suffered from a shell wound to the right chest wall and rejoined his unit from the Red Cross Hospital on March 30, 1917. Wounded on a 2nd occasion in April 1918, he was admitted to the 22nd General Hospital in France with a gunshot wound to the left leg. Treatment for the wound required Cornelius to be sent to England for further treatment. From here he returned to Australia aboard the Armagh on April 5, 1919 and discharged from the AIF.

Hilda Mary Hogan married Cornelius on May 21, 1921 and the couple lived in Ipswich, Queensland as Cornelius had returned to working as a porter for the railways. On September 25, 1952 he retired from the Railway Department.

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