DOUGLAS, Albert Edward
| Service Number: | 3798 |
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| Enlisted: | 13 September 1915, Adelaide, South Australia |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 50th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Streaky Bay, South Australia, 1887 |
| Home Town: | Broken Hill, Broken Hill Municipality, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Miner |
| Died: | 22 November 1944, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Mildura (Nichols Point) Public Cemetery, Victoria NP-Anglican-T075 |
| Memorials: | Broken Hill Barrier District Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 13 Sep 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3798, Adelaide, South Australia | |
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| 7 Feb 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3798, 27th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Miltiades embarkation_ship_number: A28 public_note: '' | |
| 7 Feb 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 3798, 27th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Miltiades, Adelaide | |
| 2 Apr 1917: | Wounded Private, 3798, 50th Infantry Battalion, The Outpost Villages - German Withdrawal to Hindenburg Line, Shell wound (arm) | |
| 29 Apr 1918: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 3798, 50th Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by John Edwards
"PRIVATE DOUGLAS ESCAPES.
Mrs. R. G. Douglas, of Stepney, has received news that her son, Private A. E. Douglas (Bert), who was wounded and taken prisoner at Nouvelle on April 2, managed to escape after four hours in the German lines. He is now in England, and is progressing favorably." - from the Adelaide Express and Telegraph 02 Aug 1917 (nla.gov.au)
Biography contributed by John Edwards
"SIX BROTHERS VOLUNTEER FOR SERVICE. FIVE OF THEM ACCEPTED. PARENTS PROUD RECORD.
Not long since the, story was told in these columns of a lady whose five sons had volunteered for active service. It was a great record, and South Australia was as proud of the mother as the mother was proud of her sons. But these are great times and now a new record has been made. Mr. and Mrs. R.G. Douglas, of Shipster road, Kensington, have seven sons, and six of tlem have volunteered for service at the front. Unfortunately one of the six has a defect in the sight of his right eye, which incapacitates him for military service, and although he offered himself and was fit in every other respect, the impaired sight was a bar, and he was passed out. The seventh son is 43 year of age, and has wife and eight children, so he did not feel called upon to offer himself nor was it up to him to do so. This is a a fine record for any parents to rejoice over, but Mr. and Mrs. Douglas can claim even more, for they have two grandsons (Privates D. G. T. Woods and C. J. T. Woods), children of their eldest daughter, in the trench at Gallipoli. They are in the famous Third Brigade, of the 10th Battalion, of the First Australian Expeditionary Force, which won imperishable glory at the landing at Gaba Tepe. Both got through that terrible experience without anything worse than scratch and are still manning their trenches. Both Mr. and Mrs. Douglas are native born South Australians and all their children have been bom in this State. Mr. Douglas, who is 75 years of age, is the son of a well known tent maker who was in business in Pirie street for many years. Mrs. Douglas is the eldest daughter of Mr. Edward Bromley, a butcher in Adelaide, one of the earliest colonists of the State. Mr. and Mrs. Douglas have passed the greater portion of their lives in South Australia, though they have at different periods been residents of Broken Hill. The sons who have volunteered are follows;
Albert E. Douglas, aged 37; rejected, account defective eyesight.
Archie W. Douglas, aged. 35; private, third reinforcements.
Harry R. Douglas, aged 30; lance-corporal, third renforcements.
Hugh N. Douglas, aged 26; private, Army Medical Service Corps.
Wallace Gordon Douglas, aged 23; private, seventh reinforcements.
Tom E. Douglas, aged 20; trooper, Light Horse
The grandsons who have volunteered are;
Private D. G. T. Woods, Third Division, First Expeditionary Force.
Private E. J. T. Woods, Third Division, First Expeditionary Force.
Lance-Corporal H. R. Douglas was slightly wounded at Gallipoli by shrapnel but has recovered and is again in the trenches." - from the Adelaide Daily News 17 Aug 1915 (nla.gov.au)
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