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HANDFORD, Douglas Frederick

Service Number:	1601
Enlisted:	24 August 1914
Last Rank:	Battery Sergeant Major
Last Unit:	7th Field Artillery Brigade
Born:	Dover, Kent, England, date not yet discovered
Home Town:	Drillham, Western Downs, Queensland
Schooling:	Higher Grade School, Dover, Kent, England
Occupation:	Railway Employee
Died:	Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 6 August 1915, age not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Shell Green Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula Plot I, Row I, Grave 2, Shell Green Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Miles Wall of Remembrance, Queensland Railways Toowoomba Employees Roll of Honour

World War 1 Service

24 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Battery Sergeant Major, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade
25 Sep 1914:	Involvement 1601, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Rangatira embarkation_ship_number: A22 public_note: ''
25 Sep 1914:	Embarked 1601, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade , HMAT Rangatira, Brisbane
6 Aug 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Battery Sergeant Major, 1601, 7th Field Artillery Brigade, ANZAC / Gallipoli

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