Volunteers of Essendon and Flemington, 1914-1918
Royle H C* Pte 169 Hector Charlie 21 Inf Bn 28 Sailor Single C of E
Address: Moonee Ponds, Darling St, 79
Next of Kin: Royle, T C, father, 79 Darling St, Moonee Ponds
Enlisted: 3 Mar 1915
Embarked: A38 Ulysses 10 May 1915
Date of Death: 30/07/1916
CWGC: Son of Thomas Gough Royle and Adelaide Royle, of 173, The Parade, Ascot Vale, Victoria, Australia.
- WARLOY-BAILLON COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
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ROLL OF HONOR
THE LATE PRIVATE H. ROYLE.
The following is taken from a letter to .. Royle of 79 Darling street, Moonee Ponds from a wouded comrade of Pte. Hector Royle, Moonee Ponds, who died of wounds received in France on July 30th.
...sorry poor old Hector was killed. I was speaking to him just before I left the front line and he was going strong; but I believe he got a piece of shrapnel through the throat and died on his way to the hospital. He is buried in a cemetery not far away from the scene of our writing, and there is a little cross up, with his name, number and battalion on it. He had a Christian burial. I went round to enquire after him and it would have done you good to hear how they all spoke of him, from the officers down. It is hard to write about it, as it all seems like a terrible nightmare, and I cannot realise it. His last words to me were: "I am glad, Jack. that we are going to have a go at last. We will give the Germans a hiding, and get back home. If it is God's will I come out again". That was Hector's wish - to have a go and end it. We we had our go and did all we were asked to do, but we left many a good friend there. I am proud to have known Hector, and able to call him a friend mine. He lived a gentleman and died a gentleman and hero. When you read the papers about Poizeres, you will know that where we have been, and the place poor old Hector met his death.
Pte H Royle was a Southland and Gallipoli hero and saw service at Sinai Peninsula in Arabia.
ROLL OF HONOR. (1916, October 5). The Essendon Gazette and Keilor, Bulla and Broadmeadows Reporter (Moonee Ponds, Vic. : 1914 - 1918), p. 3 Edition: Morning.. Retrieved February 12, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article74594333
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- Family Notices. (1916, September 23). The Australasian (Melbourne, Vic. : 1864 - 1946), p. 61. Retrieved April 16, 2014, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article140698848
- A personal diary of 538 Cpl. Ivor Alexander Williams, 21 Inf Bn, who was also aboard the Southland when it was torpedoed, and was landed at Gallipoli.
War Service Commemorated
Essendon Town Hall R-Y
Aberfeldie Uniting Church* (Royal)
Ascot Vale Methodists*
Moonee Ponds West Methodist*
UAOD Elliott Lodge*
Anzac Honoured Dead 30 Jul 1916
Essendon Gazette Roll of Honour DOW
In Memoriam
ROYLE -In sad memory of our dear son and bro
ther, Lance Corporal Hector C Royle, No 169,
21st Battalion who died of wounds at Pozieres
on the 30th July 1916.
A life made beautiful by kindly deeds,
A generous heart and hand for sorrow's needs,
A smile that chastened grief by its warm flow
A tear, not for his own but others' woe,
A presence making sunshine where he trod
Glad with the happy, resting now with God
(Inserted by his loving parents,
sisters, and brothers Mr and Mrs G Royle, May,
Alice, and Grace, Moonee Ponds; sister in law
Annie, and Reg, New Zealand and brother in
law Ted. )
Family Notices. (1918, July 30). The Argus
(Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1956), p. 1.
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article1411321
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