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DOUGLAS, William Bowman
Personal Details
Service Number: | Officer |
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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 |
Service History
World War 1 Service
3 Sep 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Captain, Officer, 3rd Infantry Battalion | |
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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 |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography 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