NIEMANN, Douglas Malcolm
| Service Numbers: | 8346, S212421 |
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| Enlisted: | 20 September 1915, at Adelaide |
| Last Rank: | Lance Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 6th Field Artillery Brigade |
| Born: | Noarlunga, 12 March 1883 |
| Home Town: | Noarlunga, Onkaparinga, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Horse Driver |
| Died: | Springbank, South Australia, 30 November 1951, aged 68 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
West Terrace Cemetery (AIF Section) Section: KO, Road: 19, Site No: 47 |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 20 Sep 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 8346, 6th Field Artillery Brigade , at Adelaide | |
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| 22 Nov 1915: | Involvement Sergeant, 8346, 6th Field Artillery Brigade , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Persic embarkation_ship_number: A34 public_note: '' | |
| 22 Nov 1915: | Embarked Sergeant, 8346, 6th Field Artillery Brigade , HMAT Persic, Melbourne | |
| 1 Aug 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Warrant Officer Class 2, 6th Field Artillery Brigade , Battery Sergeant Major |
World War 2 Service
| 2 Oct 1939: | Involvement Lance Sergeant, S212421 | |
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| 2 Oct 1939: | Enlisted Adelaide, SA | |
| 30 Jan 1943: | Discharged |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Modbury High School
Douglas Niemann was born in March 1883 in Noarlunga, South Australia. He was a Horse Driver with a wife and two children. Niemann was 5.9” and was weighed 152 pounds.
Niemann enlisted on the 20th of September 1915 at the Mitcham recruitment station. He embarked for Egypt on the 22nd of November 1915 aboard the H.J tboe Before disembarking to the Suez Canal for training. Niemann then embarked again 17th of March 1916, this time for France. He was promoted to Battery Sergeant Major in August 1916 and served with the 6th Field Artillery Brigade throughout the war, fighting at battles such as Pozieres, Bullecourt and Third Ypres.
Niemann went to the hospital in France due to pyorrhoea and bad gum health and rejoined his battalion on the 3rd of March 1919.
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