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DOUST, Frederick Herbert

Service Number:	22
Enlisted:	18 September 1914, Roseberry Park Camp
Last Rank:	Lieutenant
Last Unit:	13th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Glen Innes, New South Wales, Australia, 28 April 1893
Home Town:	Glen Innes, Glen Innes Severn, New South Wales
Schooling:	Glen Innes Public School, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation:	Shop Assistant
Died:	Killed In Action, Belgium, 26 September 1917, aged 24 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial - Panel 17
Memorials:	Glen Innes & District Soldiers Memorial, Glen Innes Uniting Church DOUST Memorial Window, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient)

World War 1 Service

18 Sep 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 22, 13th Infantry Battalion, Roseberry Park Camp
22 Dec 1914:	Involvement Private, 22, 13th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: ''
22 Dec 1914:	Embarked Private, 22, 13th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne
29 May 1915:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 22, 13th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Bomb wounds right arm and thigh
12 Mar 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 13th Infantry Battalion
16 Jul 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 13th Infantry Battalion
28 Aug 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 13th Infantry Battalion
14 Dec 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 13th Infantry Battalion
26 Aug 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 13th Infantry Battalion, Shrapnel wounds scalp and chin
26 Sep 1917:	Involvement Lieutenant, 13th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: awm_unit: 13 Battalion awm_rank: Lieutenant awm_died_date: 1917-09-26
16 Oct 1917:	Honoured Military Cross, For gallantry and devotion to duty on 27 August 1917 east of Messines. When leading a party of reinforcements forward the party came under heavy shell fire, 800 yards from the front line, severely wounding him and three men. Although wounded he guided his men to cover and when the shelling stopped lead them forward to the trenches.

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