William Mitchell DOIG

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DOIG, William Mitchell

Service Number:	12
Enlisted:	10 December 1915, Enlisted at Melbourne
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	Mining Corps
Born:	Nathalia, Victoria, Australia, 1889
Home Town:	Princes Hill, Yarra, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Telegraph Clerk
Died:	Pulmonary Tuberculois and Polyneuritis, Australia, 29 December 1920
Cemetery:	Brighton General Cemetery, Victoria Presbyterian Section, Row O, Grave 117
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Hawthorn Postmaster General's Department Victoria 1

World War 1 Service

10 Dec 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Driver, 12, Enlisted at Melbourne
20 Feb 1916:	Involvement Driver, 12, Mining Corps, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: ''
20 Feb 1916:	Involvement Driver, 12, Mining Corps, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: ''
20 Feb 1916:	Embarked Driver, 12, Mining Corps, HMAT Ulysses, Sydney
20 Feb 1916:	Embarked Driver, 12, Mining Corps, HMAT Ulysses, Sydney
4 Oct 1917:	Promoted AIF WW1, Sapper, In the field
26 Apr 1920:	Discharged AIF WW1, Sapper, 12, Discharged in Melbourne
29 Dec 1920:	Involvement Corporal, 12, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 12 awm_unit: 5th Australian Divisional Supply Column awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1920-12-29

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of Henrietta Doig of 80 Garton Street, Princes Hill, North Carlton, Victoria; brother of Major Keith McKreddie Doig MC who returned to Australia on 23 July 1919 having served with the Australian Army Medical Corps and Gunner George Cameron Doig who returned to Australia on 24 December 1918 having served with the 8th Artillery Brigade. William returned to Australia on 28 August 1919 on board Kanowna

6 May 1919 - to hospital with Haemoptyis

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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