William Bowman DOUGLAS

DOUGLAS, William Bowman

    Service Number: Officer
    Enlisted: 3 September 1914
    Last Rank: Captain
    Last Unit: 3rd Infantry Battalion
    Born: Richmond, New South Wales, Australia, 17 September 1881
    Home Town: Richmond (NSW), Hawkesbury, New South Wales
    Schooling: Richmond Public School, New South Wales; Hawkesbury Agriculture college, New South Wales
    Occupation: Farmer
    Died: Died of wounds - lower abdomen, At sea on board HS Gascon, 5 May 1915, aged 33 years
    Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
    buried at sea - Commander W.F. Stanley RNR officiated Panel 19
    Memorials: Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing, Richmond St Andrew's Uniting Church DOUGLAS Memorial Tablet, Richmond University of Western Sydney WW1 Memorial
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    World War 1 Service

    3 Sep 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Captain, Officer, 3rd Infantry Battalion
    20 Oct 1914: Involvement Captain, 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 Captain, 3rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Sydney

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    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    Husband of Ethel Douglas of Bowmans Farm, Richmond, NSW

    Father of Horace Bowman Douglas and John Bowman Douglas,

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

    Previously as Commanding Officer of the 41st Infantry Battalion, Richmond, NSW

    31 May 1903 - promoted to 2nd Leiutenant

    3 September 1914 - promoted to Captain on enlistment

     

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