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REA, Douglas
Personal Details
| Service Numbers: | Not yet discovered |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Ordinary Seaman |
| Last Unit: | SS Australdale |
| Born: | Not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Sinking of SS Australdale, At Sea - off the N.W. coast of Spain , 19 October 1917, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
| Memorials: | Campbell Australian Merchant Seamen Honour Roll, Tower Hill Memorial |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| Date unknown: | Involvement Ordinary Seaman, SS Australdale |
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Son of Mrs. Rea, of 380, Military Rd., Sydney, New South Wales
The Sydney Morning Herald (N.S.W.) 19-10-1918
REA. — In loving memory of our dear son, Douglas, lost in s.s. Australdale, sunk in action, October 19, 1917.
Not only by the sword is freedom won.
Inserted by his sorrowing parents, Albert and Laura Rea.