John Robert DOUGLAS

DOUGLAS, John Robert

Service Number: 4493
Enlisted: 17 September 1915
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 15th Infantry Battalion
Born: Ipswich, Qld., 1895
Home Town: Ipswich, Queensland
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Labourer
Died: Killed in Action, France, 9 August 1916
Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ipswich Central Congregational Church Honour Board, Ipswich Central Congregational Church Pictorial Honour Roll, Ipswich Soldier's Memorial Hall Great War, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)
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World War 1 Service

17 Sep 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4493, 15th Infantry Battalion
31 Jan 1916: Involvement Private, 4493, 15th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Wandilla embarkation_ship_number: A62 public_note: ''
31 Jan 1916: Embarked Private, 4493, 15th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Wandilla, Brisbane

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Private Douglas was the only son of Mrs. James Taylor, of Brisbane-road, East Ipswich.