DOUGLAS, George
| Service Number: | 2161 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 47th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Elgin, Morayshire, Scotland, date not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Ingham, Hinchinbrook, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Engine Driver |
| Died: | War Service related illness, Ingham, Queensland, Australia. , 12 September 1920, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Halifax Cemetery, Queensland Grave reference: - Protestant, Grave 146.Personal Inscription: -"GOD IS LOVE" |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 16 Aug 1916: | Involvement Private, 2161, 47th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Boorara embarkation_ship_number: A42 public_note: '' | |
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| 16 Aug 1916: | Embarked Private, 2161, 47th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Boorara, Brisbane |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
He is one of two Australian soldiers of the Great War commemorated on the Dingwall war memorial which stands at the roadside outside the National Hotel in the High Street, Dingwall, Inverness-shire, Scotland. It takes the form of a bronze figure of a soldier in kilted uniform holding a rifle, with bayonet fixed, mounted on a plinth with a two-stepped base leading to the dedicatory inscription on a stone tablet at the base; there are three tablets with the names of the fallen from the First World War centred above dedication and also tablets, bordered by sculpted spears set into plinth, which itself is set into the wall, with two additional plaques listing the names from the Second World War on either side; the memorial is enclosed by a fence and is reached by wide walkway. There are 98 names listed for World War 1 and 33 for World War 2. The architect was John J. Joass and the sculptor James Alexander Stevenson.
The other Australian soldier is Corporal Alister John Ross- Service Number 2008 of the 45th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F.who died 22nd August 1916.