Alfred Douglas (Doug) MILSON

MILSON, Alfred Douglas

    Service Number: 784
    Enlisted: 30 December 1914
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 5th Light Horse Regiment
    Born: Milson's Point, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, July 1889
    Home Town: Milsons Point, North Sydney, New South Wales
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Stockman
    Died: 1973, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered
    Cemetery: Not yet discovered
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    World War 1 Service

    30 Dec 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 784, 5th Light Horse Regiment
    9 Feb 1915: Involvement Private, 784, 5th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Itria embarkation_ship_number: A53 public_note: ''
    9 Feb 1915: Embarked Private, 784, 5th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Itria, Brisbane
    31 Mar 1917: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 2nd Light Horse Regiment
    16 Jun 1917: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 5th Light Horse Regiment
    9 Nov 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 784, 5th Light Horse Regiment, 2nd MD

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    Biography contributed by Evan Evans

    From Barraba Historical Museum
     
    Pte Alfred (Douglas) Milson, 1889 - 1973, was in the 5th Light Horse Regiment.  Pte Douglas had somewhat of a rotten run with illness during WWI with dysentry, mumps and Malaria. 'AD' came to Barraba after the war to manage "Trevallyn" for the Forrests. He had met Bertie Forrest in the war. AD married daughter Joyce and they bought a property called "Coreena" to the east of Barraba.

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