John Willie MOYLE

   Research Notes:

Australian Electoral Rolls...

In 1916, John Willie Moyle, plasterer, and wife Myrtle Annie Oldfield Moyle, home duties, were living at 327 Rokeby Road, Subiaco.

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John enlisted in the A.I.F. in 1916.....
Regimental number 3394
Place of birth Surrey, England
School State School, England
Age on arrival in Australia 20
Religion Church of England
Occupation Contractor
Address Subiaco, Western Australia
Marital status Married
Age at embarkation 29
Next of kin Wife, Mrs Myrtle Annie Moyle, 326 Rokeby Road, Subiaco, Western Australia
Previous military service Served in the volunteers in England.
Enlistment date 2 February 1916
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll 19 January 1916
Rank on enlistment Private
Unit name 44th Battalion, 8th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number 23/61/3
Embarkation details Unit embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia, on board HMAT A20 Borda on 29 June 1917
Rank from Nominal Roll Sergeant
Unit from Nominal Roll 44th Battalion
Fate Killed in Action 5 July 1918
Place of death or wounding Hamel, France
Age at death 31
Age at death from cemetery records 31
Place of burial Villers-Bretonneux Military Cemetery (Plot XII, Row D, Grave No. 9), Fouilloy, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
Australian War Memorial 138
Miscellaneous information from
cemetery records Parents: Ernest Henry William and Mary Ann F. MOYLE, West Midland, Western Australia; husband of Myrtle MOYLE, 326 Rokeby Road, Subiaco, Western Australia
Family/military connections Brother Robert Moyle 6334 44th Battalion died of wounds July 4th 1918, Hamel, France.
Other details War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

   Marriage Information:

John married Myrtle Annie Oldfield GRAY, daughter of Thomas GRAY and Fanny E., in 1912 in Subiaco, W.A., Australia ¹. (Myrtle Annie Oldfield GRAY was born about 1890 and died on 10 Nov 1971 in Nedlands, Perth, W.A., Australia ³.)