WALL, Douglas Ross
| Service Number: | SX18481 |
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| Enlisted: | 11 May 1942 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | Not yet discovered |
| Born: | Swan Reach, South Australia, 7 March 1921 |
| Home Town: | Gawler, Gawler, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Naidia Primary School via Swan Reach, South Australia |
| Occupation: | Farm Labourer |
| Died: | Gawler, South Australia, 9 July 1983, aged 62 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Willaston General Cemetery, South Australia https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/214749415/douglas-ross-wall |
| Memorials: | Gawler Council WW2 Honour Roll |
World War 2 Service
| 11 May 1942: | Involvement Sapper, SX18481 | |
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| 11 May 1942: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, SX18481 | |
| 11 May 1942: | Enlisted Wayville, SA | |
| 14 May 1945: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Sapper, SX18481, embarked Morotia for Townsville on board the David C Shanks en route for service in Borneo | |
| 11 May 1947: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Sapper, SX18481, embarked Kure, Japan for Sydney on board the Kanimbla | |
| 8 Aug 1947: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, SX18481 | |
| 8 Aug 1947: | Discharged | |
| Date unknown: | Involvement |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
Private Douglas Ross Wall (Service No:SX18481) enlisted in the AIF on 11 May 1942 - graded Driver Mechanic - with 3 Training Battalion. Sapper Wall marched out to 2/15 Field Coy on 13 January 1944, and embarked with his Unit from Townsville on board the David C Shanks for Morotai en route for service in Borneo, where he was attached briefly to 34 Infantry Brigade and then 28 Field Coy. On 11 May 1947 Sapper Wall embarked from Kure, Japan for Sydney on board the Kanimbla, and was attached to 2/15 Field Coy at Discharge on 8 August 1947.
Doug was born at Swan Reach, South Australia in 1921, fifth of six children of Edward (Ted) Wall (b1880 in Mallala, South Australia) and Clara May Rowe (b1887 in Germantown, South Australia). Ted worked as a Mail Contractor in Booborowie before he and Clara married in Bakara in 1903. Ted and Clara settled at Netherleigh via Swan Reach, where they raised their family and Ted was a Farmer. In the 1930s they moved to Mannum and later Gawler - Ted worked as a Labourer.
Doug was working as a Farm Hand in Gawler in 1942 when he enlisted in the Army. Following his Discharge in 1947, Doug settled in Gawler, and worked as a Lineman with the Postmaster Generals Department. In the mid 1950s he married Rhonda Mary Ward (b1935 in Gawler, South Australia). The couple settled in Gawler, where Doug worked as a Lineman until his death in 1983. Rhonda died in 1981.
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