Douglas MCPHERSON

MCPHERSON, Douglas

Service Number: 302
Enlisted: 17 August 1914, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 3rd Infantry Battalion
Born: Glasgow, Scotland, 1892
Home Town: Granville, Parramatta, New South Wales
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Labourer
Died: Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 29 April 1915
Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
No known grave Panel 20, Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing
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World War 1 Service

17 Aug 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 302, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
20 Oct 1914: Involvement Private, 302, 3rd Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: ''
20 Oct 1914: Embarked Private, 302, 3rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Sydney

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Address at the time of enlistment was C/- Mrs. Orr of Milton Street, Granville NSW

Next of kin given as his sister Mary McPherson C/- W. Young of the Tram Depot, Sydney, NSW

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal