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DRYSDALE, Douglas Devlin Edgar
| Service Number: | 2801 |
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| Enlisted: | 1 November 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Sapper |
| Last Unit: | 1st Light Horse Brigade Signal Troop |
| Born: | Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia, 3 January 1887 |
| Home Town: | Prospect (SA), Prospect, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Unknown |
| Occupation: | Motor Driver & Book Keeper |
| Died: | Illness, South Australia, 31 August 1944, aged 57 years |
| Cemetery: |
West Terrace Cemetery (AIF Section) Light Oval; Row #3S; C/E/W: W; Site #A |
| Memorials: | Nailsworth Primary School Great War Roll of Honour, Prospect Roll of Honour A-G WWI Board, Prospect St Cuthbert's Church Honour Board |
World War 1 Service
| 1 Nov 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2801 | |
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| 13 Jul 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2801, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: RMS Mongolia embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
| 13 Jul 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2801, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, RMS Mongolia, Adelaide | |
| 27 Aug 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Sapper, 2801, 1st Light Horse Brigade Signal Troop | |
| 11 Nov 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Sapper, 2801 | |
| Date unknown: | Wounded 2801, 1st Light Horse Regiment |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Julianne Ryan
born in: Rockhampton Queensland
Mother Mrs Julia Annie Drysdale, Vine Street, Prospect, South Australia
later living at Malborough Street, Henley Beach, SA
Brother-in-law in service:
26923 Driver Leon George - 7th Field Artillery Brigade
04/01/1916 enlisted into WWI in Adelaide, SA
07/09/1916 embarked Port of Melbourne, VIC, onboard HMAT A15 Port Sydney,
as a Driver with 15th Field Artillery Brigade, 5th Reinforcement
05/01/1917 taken on strength 27th Battery, 7th Field Artillery Brigade, in the field
26/04/1918 transferred to 27th Battery
14/06/1918 killed in action, Somme, France
buried in: Croydon Military Cemetery, 3 1/4 miles East South East of Amiens
1920 exhumed and reburied in:
Beacon Cemetery, Sailly-Laurette, France
Plot IV, Row E, Grave 2
1 mile south west of Morlancourt, 4 3/4 miles north east of Corbie
His name is commemorated on:-
- Panel 15 at the Australian War Memorial, Canberra, ACT.
- the South Australian Harbor Board WWI Memorial, Birkenhead, SA
1287 Private John Gordon GEORGE - 11th Light Horse Regiment
19/02/1915 enlisted into WWI in Adelaide, SA
26/10/1915 embarked Port of Melbourne, VIC onboard HMAT SS Hawkes Bay
as a Private with 11th Light Horse Regiment, 6th Reinforcement
11/04/1916 returned to Australia
20/10/1929 passed away (38 years of age)
buried in: West Terrace Cemetery - AIF Cemetery, Adelaide, South Australia
Light Oval; Row # 4S; C/E/W: E; Site #8
Douglas was described on enlisting as 26 years 11 month of age; 5' 8 3/4" tall;
162 lbs; medium complexion; blue eyes; brown hair; Church of England
01/11/1915 enlisted into WWI in Adelaide, SA
13/07/1916 embarked Outer Harbour, SA onboard RMS Mongolia
as a Private with 3rd Light Horse Regiment, 19th Reinforcement
12/08/1916 taken on strength 1st Light Horse Regiment
27/08/1916 taken on strengh of 1st Signal Troop
26/02/1917 detached to Signal School, Zeitoun
02/03/1917 Sapper Drysdale - sick to hospital
08/03/1917 rejoined unit
02/05/1917 appendicitis - admitted 2nd Australian Stationary Hospital, Tel-el-Kebir
06/05/1917 admitted to 14th Australian General Hospital
12/11/1917 returned to Australia onboard HT WIltshire, ex Suez
22/03/1918 discharged from service
Medals: British War medal (14879) and Victory medal (14627)
25/01/1934 divorced from Eva Dorothy Drysdale (The Sydney Morning Herald)
Last lived at Finsbury, SA.
31/08/1944 passed away (56 years of age)
buried in: West Terrace Cemetery, AIF Cemetery, Adelaide, South Australia
Light Oval; Row #3S; C/E/W: W; Site #A
14/08/1947 a 'widow' Lilian J Drysdale, 23 Bruce Street, Nedlands, WA - wrote to AIF
Submitted by Julianne T Ryan. 22/04/2017. Lest we forget.
Biography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Douglas Devlin Edgar DRYSDALE was born in Rockhampton, Queensland on 3rd January, 1887
His parents were John Erskine DRYSDALE & Julie Annie DEVLIN
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