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Military service
Service number:
190009
Age:
20
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Eastern Ontario Regiment)
Division:
2nd Bn.
Death:
September 3, 1918
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of Patrick and Sarah Doyle, of Rodney, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Private Nelson Patrick Doyle
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Memorial
Memorial, Rodney, Ontario -
Photo of Nelson Patrick Doyle
Image from Elgin County Museum of Private Nelson Patrick Doyle. -
Circumstances of Death Registers
"Killed in Action" During an attack in the vicinity of Paviland Wood, after having reached the objective and about to consolidate, he was hit in the thigh by a piece of enemy shrapnel which penetrated his stomach. The would was quickly and carefully dressed, but he succumbed in a few minutes. Mikan record: 46246 Volume Number: 31829_B016738 Page: 793 Contributed by E.Edwards www.18thbattalioncef.wordpress.com -
Memorial
His name as it is inscribed on the Vimy Memorial. Over 11,000 fallen Canadians having no known place of burial in France, are honoured on this Memorial. May they never be forgotten. (J. Stephens)
Digital gallery of
Private Nelson Patrick Doyle
Digital gallery of
Private Nelson Patrick Doyle
Digital gallery of
Private Nelson Patrick Doyle
Digital gallery of
Private Nelson Patrick Doyle
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 399 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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