Douglas Stephen FREEMAN

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FREEMAN, Douglas Stephen

Service Number:	Officer
Enlisted:	3 October 1914, Bundaberg, Qld
Last Rank:	Lieutenant
Last Unit:	15th Infantry Battalion
Born:	St. George, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 18 March 1876
Home Town:	Inverell, Inverell, New South Wales
Schooling:	Newington College (NSW), Tamworth Grammar (NSW), School of Mines (W.A)
Occupation:	Mine Manager
Died:	Killed In Action, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 3 May 1915, aged 39 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Memorial Reference: 43, Lone Pine Memorial. Also another family memorial at Southhead Cemetery-Vaucluse, New South Wales.
Memorials:	Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing

World War 1 Service

3 Oct 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Bundaberg, Qld
22 Dec 1914:	Involvement AIF WW1, 17th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: ''
22 Dec 1914:	Embarked AIF WW1, 17th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Melbourne
3 May 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Lieutenant, Officer, 15th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: awm_unit: 15th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Lieutenant awm_died_date: 1915-05-03

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Biography contributed by Daniel Bishop

Son of William FREEMAN, & Lucy Rose (nee Fisher) FREEMAN, of "Clodagh", Beresford Rd - Rosebay, Municipality of Woollahra, New South Wales.

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