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DOUGLAS, Gordon
Personal Details
Service Number: | 2879 |
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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) |
Service History
World War 1 Service
11 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2879, 17th Infantry Battalion, Holdsworthy | |
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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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