Next of kin plaque : Private G H Doyle, 3 Battalion AIF

Bronze next of kin plaque showing Britannia and a lion together with the words 'HE DIED FOR FREEDOM AND HONOUR'. The name of the dead soldier, 'GEORGE HENRY DOYLE', is inscribed in raised letters within a raised rectangle.

Next of kin plaque presented to the family of George Henry Doyle. 2587 Private George Henry Doyle enlisted in the AIF on 14 June 1915, aged 27. He joined 3 Battalion and sailed for Egypt aboard HMAT Runic on 9 August. On 2 November he landed on the Gallipoli Peninsula, and on 19 November was wounded. Doyle was evacuated by Hospital Ship Somali, and for most of the following year received treatment for his severe shrapnel wounds to his thigh and hip at a number of hospitals in Egypt and England. He rejoined his unit on the Western Front in January 1917. Doyle was again wounded on 3 May during fighting near Vaulx in the Second Battle of Bullecourt. After several months recovering in England he rejoined his battalion in France in November. On 20 June 1918 he was wounded for the third time, receiving a gun shot wound to the neck. After time in hospital he rejoined his unit on 2 August. Three weeks later Doyle was killed in action on 23 August while fighting in the Second Battle of Albert, the Allied counter-offensive which captured the ridge of Chuignes on the south side of the River Somme. He was buried at Merignolles British Cemetery near Proyart along with 20 other Australians killed on this day, and was later reinterred at Heath Cemetery, Harbonnieres. Doyle's younger brother, 869 Private John Thomas Doyle, served with 30 Battalion and was killed on 20 July 1916 during the Battle of Fromelles. Both brothers' medals and next of kin plaques are held in the Memorial's collection.