DOUGLAS, Herbert
| Service Number: | 256 |
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| 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 |
| Memorials: |
Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Private, 256 | |
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| 4 Apr 1901: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 256, 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 506 notes 6th QIB embarked at Pinkenba 4 Apr 1901 aboard Victoria arriving Cape Town 2 May 1901. | |
| 23 Jun 1902: | Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 256, 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 508 notes 6th QIB embarked at Durban 17 May 1902 aboard Devon returning to Australia arriving Brisbane 17 Jun 1902, disbanded 23 Jun 1902. |
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Add my storyBiography 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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