Andrew DOUGLAS

DOUGLAS, Andrew

    Service Number: 622
    Enlisted: 19 February 1915, An original of C Company
    Last Rank: Corporal
    Last Unit: 25th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, December 1894
    Home Town: Toowoomba, Toowoomba, Queensland
    Schooling: Tower Bank Public School, Portobello, Scotland
    Occupation: Railway employee
    Died: Killed in Action, France, 27 April 1916
    Cemetery: X Farm Cemetery, la Chapelle-D'Armentieres
    Row G, Grave No. 7.
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Toowoomba St James' M2, Toowoomba War Memorial (Mothers' Memorial)
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    World War 1 Service

    19 Feb 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 622, 25th Infantry Battalion, An original of C Company
    29 Jun 1915: Involvement Private, 622, 25th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: ''
    29 Jun 1915: Embarked Private, 622, 25th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Aeneas, Brisbane
    27 Apr 1916: Involvement Corporal, 622, 25th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 622 awm_unit: 25 Battalion awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1916-04-27

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    Biography contributed by Stephen Brooks

    “Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Douglas, of North and Prospect streets, Toowoomba, have been officially advised that their son Alexander Douglas, was killed in action on April 27, 1916. The late Corporal Andrew Douglas came to Queensland from Portobello, Scotland, with his parents, about 2 and a half years ago. He was 21 years of age, and prior to enlisting in the A.I.P. in Brisbane was employed as a checker in the Ipswich goods shed.”

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