DOUGLAS, Kathleen Patricia
| Service Number: | TF150609 |
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| Enlisted: | 28 January 1944 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | Not yet discovered |
| Born: | Ulverstone, Tasmania, Australia, 5 March 1925 |
| Home Town: | Launceston, Launceston, Tasmania |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Accounting Machine Operator |
| Died: | Launceston, Tasmania, Australia, 11 February 2012, aged 86 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Carr Villa Memorial Park, Tasmania |
| Memorials: |
World War 2 Service
| 28 Jan 1944: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, TF150609 | |
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| 20 Jul 1945: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, TF150609 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
Private Kathleen Patricia Douglas (Service No:TF150609) served with the Australian Women's Army Service (AWAS) from 28 January 1944 to 20 July 1945. Private Douglas was attached to District Accounts Office at Discharge.
Born in 1925 in Ulverstone Tasmania, Kathleen was the youngest of four children of Roderick Gordon Douglas (b1885 in Launceston, Tasmania) and Ila Alice Findlay (b1890 in Launceston, Tasmania). Roderick (an Engineer) and Ila married in 1916 in Launceston and lived in Ringarooma, Ulverstone and Launceston where they raised their family and Roderick was an Engineer.
Kathleen worked as an Accounting Machine Operator in Launceston before her enlistment, and was a Clerk in Launceston in 1949 when she married Cyril Vernon Simmonds (b1928 in Lalla, Tasmania) - Cyril was a Labourer at Beaconsfield. Kathleen and Cyril lived in Beaconsfield where Cyril was a Labourer. Kathleen died in 2012 and Cyril in 2013.
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