SEARLE, Douglas Bruce
| Service Number: | 1019 |
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| Enlisted: | 30 November 1914, at Oaklands |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 9th Light Horse Regiment |
| Born: | Bruce, South Australia, July 1893 |
| Home Town: | Port Pirie, Port Pirie City and Dists, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Clerk |
| Died: | New South Whales, Australia , 24 June 1963, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | District of Upper Sturt Methodist Church Honour Roll, Unley Town Hall WW1 Honour Board |
World War 1 Service
| 30 Nov 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1019, 9th Light Horse Regiment, at Oaklands | |
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| 26 May 1915: | Involvement Private, 1019, 9th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Afric embarkation_ship_number: A19 public_note: '' | |
| 26 May 1915: | Embarked Private, 1019, 9th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Afric, Adelaide | |
| Date unknown: | Wounded 1019 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Heathfield High School
Douglas Bruce Searle was born in July 1893, in the township of Bruce, SA. He was the son of Annie Kate McDonald and William Searle. Douglas Bruce Searle was a Clerk as a profession before and after the war. He had 4 years as an Army Cadet before joining WW1.
Douglas Searle was 21 and 4 months when he enlisted into the war. He enlisted on the 24th of November 1914. He left Australia 6 months later on the 26th of May 1915, when he embarked on the HMAT Afric. The only injury Douglas Bruce received all through the war was he got diagnosed with malaria on the 3rd of August 1918. A month after getting diagnosed, he was released from hospital and was sent to the depot prior to setting out for his unit again.
After returning home from the war, Douglas Bruce settled down with his partner named Lilian Maud Shepherd in 1921 at Parramatta, NSW, Australia. the couple got married at 1921 at Paramount, NSW. They moved twice throughout their lives and had 2 children. Their kid’s names were Gordon Searle and Robert Searle. Douglas Bruce Searle and his family lived at 69 Mill Hill Rd, Waverley, NSW, Australia in 1930. In 1935 He lived at 7 Randwick, NSW, Australia. Douglas continued his job as a Clerk after the war.