Gordon DOUGLAS

DOUGLAS, Gordon

Service Number: 2879
Enlisted: 11 August 1915, Holdsworthy
Last Rank: Lance Sergeant
Last Unit: 17th Infantry Battalion
Born: Woollahra, New South Wales, Australia, 9 February 1889
Home Town: Woollahra, Woollahra, New South Wales
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Labourer
Died: Killed in Action, France, 15 April 1917, aged 28 years
Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)
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World War 1 Service

11 Aug 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2879, 17th Infantry Battalion, Holdsworthy
2 Nov 1915: Involvement Private, 2879, 17th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: ''
2 Nov 1915: Embarked Private, 2879, 17th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Sydney
10 Aug 1916: Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 17th Infantry Battalion
21 Jan 1917: Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 17th Infantry Battalion
5 Mar 1917: Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Sergeant, 17th Infantry Battalion
15 Apr 1917: Involvement 2879, 17th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2879 awm_unit: 17th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Lance Sergeant awm_died_date: 1917-04-15

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