DOIG, John William
| Service Number: | 5364 |
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| Enlisted: | 19 January 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 6th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Poowong, Victoria, Australia, 1897 |
| Home Town: | Coburg, Moreland, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Coburg State School, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Attributed to War Service, Mildura Hospital, Victoria, Australia, 9 August 1918 |
| Cemetery: |
Mildura (Nichols Point) Public Cemetery, Victoria NP-Presbyter-D058 |
| Memorials: | Coburg State School 484 Avenue of Honour, Mildura Cenotaph |
World War 1 Service
| 19 Jan 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5364, 6th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 4 Apr 1916: | Involvement Private, 5364, 6th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: '' | |
| 4 Apr 1916: | Embarked Private, 5364, 6th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Melbourne |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Henry & Agnes DOIG of 180 O'Hea Street, Coburg
Wheat grower at Carwarp
Wounded at Passchendaele and honorably discharged as the result thereof.
Length of service 825 days
A MILITARY FUNERAL.
Private John William Doig after a period of honorable services with his unit 18th Battalion , in France was wounded, and returned to Australia. Recently he was admitted to the Mildura Hospital, where he passed to the great beyond last Friday, the cause of his death being attributable to the wounds he received in action. On Sunday afternoon his remains were accorded a military funeral, the cortege leaving the Hospital at 2.30 p.m. for the Mildura Cemetery. Twenty-seven returned soldiers, including the firing party, attended. The mourners included D. J. Doig, who enlisted in Mildura a month ago, and several other relatives who travelled long distances to be present at the obsequies. Punctually to time the cortege left the Hospital, the firing party with arms reversed, leading. Then the Mildura District Band, with drum and Drum Major's staff draped in crepe, immediately behind followed the hearse through the glass panels of which could be seen the outline of the coffin draped with the Union Jack. Following in the rear were several vehicles containing mourners and friends of the deceased soldier. Deeply impressive was the scene at the junction of Sth Street and Deakin Avenue, where a goodly number of townspeople had assembled to pay their last respects to one who had so faithfully and well borne the heat and burden of the strenuous fighting for freedom. The strains of the "Dead March in Saul" could be heard as the funeral procession came abreast of the Shire Hall from where, till the Settlers' Club was passed, every head among the male spectators was bared, and it is safe to say every heart went out in sorrow towards the bereaved. The service read at the graveside by the Rev. E. W. Wallis was deeply impressive. The firing party discharged their volleys and the "Last Post"
was sounded. Then all that remained of a gallant Australian soldier was laid to rest in his native soil. The Working Man's Club kindly provided a drag for the returned soldiers.
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