DOUGLAS, Gordon
| 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: | Murrarundi Public School, Erskinville Public School |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 15 April 1917, aged 28 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
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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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of George Edward and Mary DOUGLAS, 9 Bridge Street, Erskinville, NSW
Gordon served in Egypt and France and was promoted to Sergeant on the field. He made the supreme sacrivice at Lagnicourt on 14 April, 1917.
Sergeant Douglas was in charge of a post in front of the line and was killed by a shell explosion. He was buried where he fell on the battlefield. He was highly esteemed by the officers and men of his battalion.
Sergeant Gordon Douglas, eldest son of Mr. G. Douglas, of Erskineville, was killed in action in France on April 15. Lance-Sergeant Douglas joined his younger brother, Corporal Alan Douglas, in Egypt, after the evacuation of Gallipoli. They went to France together, and during the battle of Pozieres Alan was killed in action on July 26, 1916. A younger brother, Kenneth, is at present on active service in France.
The railway workers presented Mr. and Mrs. Douglas with an oil painting of their three sons, as a mark of esteem. Two memorial windows were placed in Holy Trinity Church, Erskinville, which were unveiled by the Rev. Dean Talbot, Dean of Sydney, and were erected in loving memory by their parents.
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