Died of rabies, contracted from the bite of a rabid dog while in service in Egypt. He was hospitalised after discharge at Voortrekkerhooghte Military Hospital where he died from the effects of this disease
Formed 1885 (Cape Town); embodied in the UDF Citizen Force as 6th Infantry from 1913.
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Son of Major Richard D. Doyle and Myra M. Doyle, of Silwood Road, Rondebosch, Cape Town. Brother of Mrs. B. M. Schmidt, of New Street, Caledon, Cape Province