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DOUGLAS, Leslie Victor
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 517 |
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| Enlisted: | 12 July 1915, Enlisted at Melbourne |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 29th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Ballarat, Victoria, Australia, 1890 |
| Home Town: | Port Melbourne, Port Phillip, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Port Melbourne State School, Victoria |
| Occupation: | Iron Moulder |
| Died: | Illness - acute Mycarditis following Influenza, At sea on board Borda, France, 16 November 1918 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Buried at sea. No known grave, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 12 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 517, 29th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne | |
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| 10 Nov 1915: | Involvement Private, 517, 29th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: '' | |
| 10 Nov 1915: | Embarked Private, 517, 29th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ascanius, Melbourne | |
| 20 Jul 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 517, 29th Infantry Battalion, Severe shell wounds to the neck and left arm and was invalided to England on the 10 August 1918 |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Samuel and Elizabeth Douglas of 397 Bay Street, Port Melbourne, Victoria; brother of Arol Bryce Douglas who was killed in action on the 7 June 1917 while serving with the 45 Battalion
5 December 1916 - to hospital with trench and evacuated to England on 9 December 1916
29 November 1917 - to hospital with trench feet
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal