TULLOCH, Douglas William Walker
| Service Number: | 4320 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 25 November 2015 |
| Last Rank: | Staff Sergeant Major |
| Last Unit: | 5th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Maffra, Victoria, Australia, 22 November 1895 |
| Home Town: | Red Cliffs, Mildura Shire, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Maffra, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Dental Mechanic |
| Died: | Stroke, Red Cliffs, Mildura Shire - Victoria, Australia, 22 February 1967, aged 71 years |
| Cemetery: |
Red Cliffs Pioneer Cemetery, Victoria |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 29 Dec 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4320, 5th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Demosthenes embarkation_ship_number: A64 public_note: '' | |
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| 29 Dec 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 4320, 5th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Demosthenes, Melbourne | |
| 1 Mar 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Staff Sergeant Major | |
| 25 Nov 2015: | Enlisted AIF WW1 |
Douglas William Walker
William Walker Douglas Tulloch ( Douglas) Joined World War 1 with the 5th Infantry Ballatlion on 25/11/1915 service number 4320.
Douglas was wounded in France on 29/9/16 he was sent to England to Hospital and then later he stayed with his cousins in Great Crosby Liverpool to convalesce.
That's where he met his 3rd cousin Phyllis Turner and they fell in love.
He was injured a few more times during battle and was eventually transferred to the Dental Corp. He returned to England on 25/3/2019 and then left for Australia on 11/5/2019.
After the war they got engaged, Douglas came back to Australia and went back to Maffra to his family. He sent 84 pounds to Phyliis for her passage to Australia.
Phyllis came by ship the Orsova on 31st July 1920 to be with Douglas, they were married on 11th September 1920 at the Presbyterian Church in Malvern, Melbourne.
Douglas was told he could get a property in the new soldier settlement in Red Cliffs Victoria. They arrived in Red Cliffs and eventually they got block 288. It is now block 288 on Tulloch road. They grew sultanas, currants and raisins for dried fruit.
They used horses to clear the land as there were no tractors. The horses names were Mulseed and Prince. They had no electricity and used lamps for light. It was a hard life but the family home was filled with love.
They had 4 children,
Jean Mary,
Douglas William Turner (Bill),
Neil Allan,
Phyllis Catherine.
Phyllis passed away when she was on holiday in Queens Cliff in 1964 she had a heart attack at the age of 67. She never returned to England.
Douglas died in Red Cliffs from a stroke on 22/2/1967 at the age of 71.
Submitted 13 February 2019 by Chloe Lee
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