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Military service
Service number:
E/29814
Age:
23
Rank:
Rifleman
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Rifles of Canada, R.C.I.C.
Birth:
June 15, 1918
Jacquet River, New Brunswick
Enlistment:
July 11, 1940
Rimouski, Québec
Death:
December 22, 1941
Spanish House, Hong Kong
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Column 24.
Additional information
Son of William Alexander Doyle and Mary Catherine Daigle of McLeod Siding, New Brunswick. Husband of Margaret Lily Peddle. Brother of soldiers Charles and Alexander Doyle, who fought overseas in the Second World War. They survived the conflict.
Served in Québec, Newfoundland with Force W, Hong Kong with Force C. He had 530 days of service, including 56 overseas.
Additional citations
1939-1945 Star, Pacific Star, War Medal 1939-1945, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp.
Digital gallery of Rifleman Joseph Leonard Doyle
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Canada and the Defence of Hong Kong.
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Canada and the Defence of Hong Kong.
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Memorial
Rifleman JOSEPH LEONARD DOYLE is one of 18 members of the Royal Rifles of Canada, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps who are commemorated on this panel of the Sai Wan Memorial. He was one of 290 Canadian soldiers killed during the defense of Hong Kong, from December 8th to December 25th, 1941. -
Inscription
Dedicatory inscription of the SAI WAN MEMORIAL. This memorial bears the names of more than 2,000 Commonwealth servicemen, including 228 Canadians.
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Rifleman Joseph Leonard Doyle
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Joseph Leonard Doyle
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Joseph Leonard Doyle
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Joseph Leonard Doyle
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 28 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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