Thomas Sholto DOUGLAS

DOUGLAS, Thomas Sholto

Service Numbers: Officer, N457924
Enlisted: 14 April 1943
Last Rank: Captain
Last Unit: Army Medical Corps (AIF)
Born: Greenock, Scotland, 12 May 1888
Home Town: Tamworth, Tamworth Municipality, New South Wales
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Medical practitioner
Died: Natural causes, New South Wales, Australia, 4 February 1970, aged 81 years
Cemetery: Not yet discovered
Memorials: Tamworth District Hospital Honor Roll
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World War 1 Service

3 May 1916: Involvement Captain, Medical Officers, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '23' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Hymettus embarkation_ship_number: A1 public_note: ''
3 May 1916: Embarked Captain, Medical Officers, HMAT Hymettus, Sydney
11 Apr 1917: Discharged AIF WW1, Captain, Officer, Army Medical Corps (AIF)

World War 2 Service

14 Apr 1943: Enlisted N457924

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Thomas Sholto Douglas was born in Greenock, Scotland and as a single medical practitioner of Tamworth aged 28 years, enlisted in the AIF on 8 February 1916 as a Captain in the Medical Officers Unit. His unit embarked from Sydney, NSW on board HMAT A69 Warilda on 22 May 1916. He returned to Australia on 21 November 1916. By 1921 he was the chief of the Tamworth Caledonian Society and Vice President of the Tamworth Returned Services League.