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DOUGAN, Robert
Service Number: | QX47404 |
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Enlisted: | 7 March 1941 |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | Not yet discovered |
Born: | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia , 3 June 1915 |
Home Town: | Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Sawyer |
Died: | Sawmill Accident, Queensland, Australia, 22 August 1944, aged 29 years |
Cemetery: |
Kilcoy Cemetery, Kilcoy, Queensland, Australia Burial reference: - Non-Denominational Plot. Section 19 Grave 13. Personal inscription: - "WHERE SUNLIGHT BRIGHTER SHINES TO KNOW THE PERFECT DAY". |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 2 Service
3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Sapper, QX47404 | |
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7 Mar 1941: | Enlisted | |
7 Mar 1941: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, QX47404 | |
22 Aug 1944: | Discharged |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Dianne Black
Parents: - James Dougan and Annie Crossan married in Scotland.
Details of death: - Sapper Robert Dougan was accidently killed whilst attending Sawyers Refresher Course No 51, where he was struck on the neck by a piece of timber thrown by the circular saw on the bench he was employed as a sawyer, this occurred at approximately 11.00 hours on 22nd August 1944.