THOMAS, Douglas Frederick
| Service Numbers: | Not yet discovered |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 11 September 1942, Port Melbourne, VIC |
| Last Rank: | Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | HMAS Basilisk |
| Born: | Alberton, South Australia, 21 March 1908 |
| Home Town: | Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Bank Manager |
| Died: | Kingswood, South Australia, 30 October 1981, aged 73 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Centennial Park Cemetery, South Australia |
| Memorials: |
Biography contributed by Chris Buckley
Lieutenant Douglas Frederick Thomas enlisted in the RAN on 11 September 1942 - he was a Sub-Lieutenant on board HMAS Cerberus, Torrens, Penguin and Yandra before his appointment to Lieutenant on 12 January 1943. Lieutenant Thomas served in Milne Bay (August 1943, HMAS Basilisk) and served on HMAS Warrawee before his Discharge on 13 December 1945 (HMAS Torrens). Siblings Reginald Leslie (WWI; 2265 and WWII 567305) and Kenneth Charles (RAAF:286418) also served.
Born in 1908 in Alberton, South Australia Douglas was the youngest of six children of Frank Edward Thomas (b1869 in Gawler, South Australia) and Evelyn Susannah Haytread (b1868 at Port Adelaide, South Australia). Frank (a Clerk) and Evelyn married in 1892 at Port Adelaide and lived in Semaphore, Port Adelaide, Alberton and Sandwell.
Douglas worked as a Bank Clerk in Port Adelaide and in 1937 at Woodvale in SA married Marjory Jeanne Job (b1917 in Solomontown, SA). The couple lived in Port Adelaide and Barker where Duglas was a Bank Clerk and in 1939 a Bank Manager. By 1942 they were in Victoria, where Douglas was Bank Manager at the Union Bank in Colac, Victoria. Following his Discharge, Douglas and Marjorie returned to South Australia where Douglas died in 1981 and Marjorie in 2011.
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