Sergeant Albert Henry Domaille
Royal Irish Regiment
Later commissioned to Second Lieutenant, Royal Guernsey Light Infantry & Lieutenant, Labour Corps

(Picture courtesy of Pat Smith)

Born in 1891 in St Peter port, Guernsey. Living at Mount Durand in the 1891 census, age 3 months. Son of Albert Peter and Alice Eiza Domaille (née Falla).
1901 census - still living at no 10, Mount Durand, father is pier keeper at St Peter Port harbour. No siblings.

In 1911 he is still living with his parents, who are now aged 50 and 46 but at Armada Place, St John's. He is age 20, a gas fitter, father is Bonded Stores keeper for the States of Guernsey.

In February 1915, age 24 and single, he enlisted with the 6th RIR. His employment is "Fitter" and he is living at the States offices, North Esplanade St Peter Port (now the Tourist office).

He went for training at Fermoy in Ireland before going to France, where he was promoted rapidly, becoming a Sergeant by November 1915.
A document dated April 1918 asks Mrs Mary Domaille of States Offices, Guernsey ( his parents' address) to forward her certificate of marriage to Cork for verification. The document then went to the Regimental Paymaster at the Infantry office, so he must have married between 1915 and 1918. A family tree on Ancestry shows that he married Mary Rowland from Derbyshire at Salem Chapel, St Peter Port on the 24th of March 1918.
His MIC has the North esplanade as his address, and it shows that he served with the RIR (Sgt), RGLI (2nd Lt) and Labour Corps (Lt). He was awarded the 1915 Star, Victory and BWM.

He was demobilised in 1919, and the next note in the family tree states that on the 20th of August 1920 he and his wife arrived in Melbourne, Australia on the Orvieto from London. The 1924 Australian census has the family living at Footscray North, Maribyrnong, Victoria, Australia. Albert and Mary had four children. The 1931 and 1936 censuses show them living at Williamstown North, Melbourne Ports, Victoria, Australia. Albert and Mary Domaille returned to the UK and Channel Islands for a visit in 1951. Albert died peacefully at home in 1975.