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DOUGLAS, Theophilus Thomas
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 46 |
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| Enlisted: | 18 January 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 11th Machine Gun Company |
| Born: | Queensland, Australia, 18 June 1879 |
| Home Town: | Warwick, Southern Downs, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | 14 May 1937, aged 57 years, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Warwick General Cemetery, Qld |
| Memorials: | Warwick War Memorial Gates |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 18 Jan 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 46, 11th Machine Gun Company | |
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| 5 Jun 1916: | Involvement Private, 46, 11th Machine Gun Company, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Borda embarkation_ship_number: A30 public_note: '' | |
| 5 Jun 1916: | Embarked Private, 46, 11th Machine Gun Company, HMAT Borda, Sydney | |
| 10 Apr 1918: | Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 11th Machine Gun Company | |
| 27 May 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Corporal, 46, 11th Machine Gun Company |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Claude McKelvey
Theophilus Thomas Douglas was born on 18 Jun 1879 in Queensland, a son to Franklin Randolph Douglas and Anna Maria Douglas (nee Thomas). He married Naomi Marian Ingle on 21 Feb 1923 in Queensland.
He served in both the South African (Boer) War and WW1. First service was as a Private S.N. 218 in the 4th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, Boer War. Second service was as a Private (rising to Corporal) S.N. 46 in the 11th Machine Gun Company AIF, WW1.
(source- AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 483; National Archives Australia- WW1 service record).