WADE, Douglas Roy
Service Number: | 1839 |
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Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 10th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Adelaide, South Australia, 1893 |
Home Town: | Croydon, South Australia |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Caterer |
Died: | 25 June 1960, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered |
Cemetery: |
North Road Cemetery, Nailsworth, South Australia |
Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
1 Apr 1915: | Involvement Private, 1839, 10th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Lincoln embarkation_ship_number: A17 public_note: '' | |
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1 Apr 1915: | Embarked Private, 1839, 10th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Port Lincoln, Adelaide | |
9 Apr 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1839, 10th Infantry Battalion, At the Battle of Arras, France | |
9 Apr 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1839, 10th Infantry Battalion | |
29 Apr 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1839, 10th Infantry Battalion | |
6 Sep 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 1839, 10th Infantry Battalion |
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Douglas Roy Wade opened his eyes for the first time in 1893, born to Joseph and Celina Wade in Adelaide, South Australia. He was a caterer and had joined the militia before enlisting in the army on the 27th of November 1914, embarking overseas on the 1st of April 1915.
On the 27th of May, he joined the 4th reinforcements after arriving at the Gallipoli Peninsula, and remained there until embarking on the Alexandria on the 24th of December.
After leaving Gallipoli, Wade disembarked at Marseilles, France on the 3rd of April 1916, where he continued his service. He was wounded in action in the Battle of Arras on the 9th of April 1917, and was punished for overstaying his leave in hospital several times before re-joining his unit in South Hampton, England.
He moved between France and England for the following months, often being hospitalised for fairly minor illnesses. During his service in the UK, he met and married Ivy Florence Winzar, who was 20 years old and living in Weymouth, on the 30th of January 1918.
Wade was wounded again on the 29th of April 1919], and advised in hospital twenty days later. He embarked on the Berrima on the 9th of September, arriving home in Australia on the 8th of October with his wife and child.
Wade was formally discharged from the army on the 20th of January 1920, and was awarded the 1914/15 Star, British War Medal, and the Victory Medal for his service.
Wade passed away on the 25th of June 1960, at 67 years old, and was buried at North Road Cemetery, Nailsworth.