PAGE, Douglas Laurie
| Service Number: | 1218 |
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| Enlisted: | 18 January 1916, West Maitland |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 34th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Dungog, New South Wales, 10 February 1896 |
| Home Town: | Dungog, Dungog, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Carpenter |
| Died: | Shell Blast, Le Touquet, Belgium, 17 May 1917, aged 21 years |
| Cemetery: |
Tancrez Farm Cemetery, Belgium Tancrez Farm Cemetery, Wallonie, Belgium |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Dungog Christ Church Honour Roll, Dungog School Roll of Honour Great War |
World War 1 Service
| 18 Jan 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1218, 34th Infantry Battalion, West Maitland | |
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| 21 Jan 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 34th Infantry Battalion | |
| 21 Jan 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 34th Infantry Battalion | |
| 2 May 1916: | Involvement Corporal, 1218, 34th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: '' | |
| 2 May 1916: | Embarked Corporal, 1218, 34th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Sydney | |
| 9 Feb 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Sergeant, 1218, 34th Infantry Battalion, Houplines near Armentieres, Wounded but remained on duty | |
| 17 May 1917: | Involvement Sergeant, 1218, 34th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1218 awm_unit: 34th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Sergeant awm_died_date: 1917-05-17 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Michael Silver
Thomas and Lucy Pages's tenth child was Douglas Laurie Page whose birth was registered in Dungog registration district in New South Wales during 1896. Douglas never married. He was living with his parents at Main Creek near Dungog and working as a carpenter when he enlisted in the AIF at West Maitland on 18 January 1916, at the same time as his brother Gregory. Appointed Corporal in the 34th Battalion, he embarked on HMAT Hororata at Sydney on 2 May 1916, for overseas service. Promoted to Sergeant he was killed in action on 17 May 1917, at the age of 21. He was buried in plot II, row G, grave 12 of Tancrez Farm Cemetery at Ploegsteert in Belgium.
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