Douglas YUILE

YUILE, Douglas

    Service Number: 1093
    Enlisted: 12 July 1915, B Company, 31st Battalion, 8th Brigade
    Last Rank: Corporal
    Last Unit: 8th Light Trench Mortar Battery
    Born: Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, 10 September 1893
    Home Town: St Kilda, Port Phillip, Victoria
    Schooling: Glasgow Academy and Glasgow High School, Scotland
    Occupation: Bank Clerk
    Died: East Kilbride, South Lanarkshire, Scotland, 1977, cause of death not yet discovered
    Cemetery: Not yet discovered
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    World War 1 Service

    12 Jul 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1093, 31st Infantry Battalion, B Company, 31st Battalion, 8th Brigade
    9 Nov 1915: Embarked Private, 1093, 31st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Wandilla, Melbourne
    9 Nov 1915: Involvement Private, 1093, 31st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Wandilla embarkation_ship_number: A62 public_note: ''
    16 Jun 1916: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1093, 31st Infantry Battalion, Embarked Alexandria, Egypt per HT Hororata. Disembarked Marseilles, France on 23 June, 1916.
    25 Jul 1916: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 8th Light Trench Mortar Battery
    6 Dec 1917: Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 8th Light Trench Mortar Battery
    18 Apr 1918: Wounded AIF WW1, Corporal, 1093, 8th Light Trench Mortar Battery, In action, Vaire sector. During the day, the enemy heavily shelled the village, causing four casualties. Douglas received gun shot wounds to the head, chest and left side, severe. Admitted to the 20th Casualty Clearing Station, then ambulance train to 22nd General Hospital, Camiers.
    23 Jun 1919: Embarked AIF WW1, Corporal, 1093, 8th Light Trench Mortar Battery, Embarked England per HT Orita, disembarked Melbourne, Australia 6 August, 1919.
    29 Sep 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Corporal, 1093, 8th Light Trench Mortar Battery, Received 1914/1915 Star, British War and Victory Medals.

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