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DOUGLAS, Arol Bryce
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 2765 |
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| Enlisted: | 7 April 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 45th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Ballarat East, Victoria, Australia, 1894 |
| Home Town: | Port Melbourne, Port Phillip, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Melbourne High School, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Military Clerk |
| Died: | Killed in action, Messines, Belgium, 7 June 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 7 Apr 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2765, 45th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 7 Oct 1916: | Involvement Private, 2765, 45th Infantry Battalion , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: '' | |
| 7 Oct 1916: | Embarked Private, 2765, 45th Infantry Battalion , HMAT Ceramic, Sydney | |
| 7 Jun 1917: | Involvement Corporal, 2765, 45th Infantry Battalion , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2765 awm_unit: 45 Battalion awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1917-06-07 |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Arol was the son of Samuel and Elizabeth Douglas, of Bay St., Port Melbourne, Victoria.
His older brother, 517 Pte. Leslie Victor Douglas 29th Battalion AIF, died on the way home to Australia following complications caused by influenza on 16 November 1918, aged 28.
Arol only joined the 45th Battalion in Belgium a month before he was killed by shellfire during the advance in the Battle of Messines.