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FREEMAN, Douglas James
Personal Details
Service Number: | 1872 |
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Enlisted: | 27 March 1916 |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 50th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Gawler, South Australia, 10 May 1897 |
Home Town: | Gawler, Gawler, South Australia |
Schooling: | Good Samaritan Convent, Gawler and School of Mines, South Australia |
Occupation: | Dental Mechanic |
Died: | Killed in Action, Noreuil, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France, 2 April 1917, aged 19 years |
Cemetery: |
Noreuil Australian Cemetery Noreuil Australian Cemetery, Picardie, France |
Memorials: | Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Gawler Council Gawler Men Who Answered the Call WW1 Roll of Honor |
Service History
World War 1 Service
27 Mar 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1872, 50th Infantry Battalion | |
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13 Jul 1916: |
Embarked
AIF WW1, Private, 1872, 50th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Seang Bee embarkation_ship_number: A48 public_note: '' |
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20 Mar 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1872, 50th Infantry Battalion, German Withdrawal to Hindenburg Line and Outpost Villages | |
2 Apr 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1872, 50th Infantry Battalion, Noreuil |
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