Herbert DOUGLAS

DOUGLAS, Herbert

Service Number: 256
Enlisted: Not yet discovered
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen
Born: Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 10 May 1879
Home Town: Milton, Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Labourer
Died: Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 17 October 1955, aged 76 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: Lutwyche Cemetery, Brisbane, Qld
Plot: MON-2-101A-88
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Biography contributed by Claude McKelvey

When Herbert Douglas enlisted in 1901 in the 6th QIB and his details were published with the rank and file in The Queenslander, 13 Apr 1901, he noted his N.O.K. as John Douglas, West Milton, Brisbane. He also enlisted for WW1 but did not embark and on his Attestation Paper dated 22 Sep 1914 he noted; he was born in Brisbane and was 35 years 4 months old; he was a labourer; his N.O.K was his mother at Dalveen, Qld; and he had previously served in South Africa.

Herbert Douglas was born on 10 May 1879 at Brisbane, Queensland, a son to John Douglas and Joanna Mary Douglas (nee Bishop).

(source- AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 514; National Archives Australia- WW1 service record).

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