Alexander MCDOUGALL

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MCDOUGALL, Alexander

Service Numbers:	312, 1337
Enlisted:	10 May 1915
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd Light Horse Regiment
Born:	Houston, Renfrewshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, 11 November 1874
Home Town:	Paddington, Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Carter
Died:	Paddington, Brisbane - Queensland, Australia, 16 April 1926, aged 51 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Toowong (Brisbane General) Cemetery, Queensland Portion 8 Section 14 Plot 22
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Boer War Service

1 Oct 1899:	Involvement Private, 312, Queensland Imperial Bushmen
18 May 1900:	Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 312, 4th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 475 notes 4th QIB embarked 18 May 1900 aboard Manchester Port arriving Beira 14 Jun 1900.
15 Nov 1900:	Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 312, 4th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, National Archives Australia- Boer War Dossier notes invalided due to Sciatica returned to Australia aboard Harlech Castle arriving Brisbane 8 Dec 1900, discharged 15 Dec 1900.

World War 1 Service

10 May 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1337, 2nd Light Horse Regiment
5 Oct 1915:	Embarked Private, 1337, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Warilda, Brisbane
23 Apr 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 1337, 2nd Light Horse Regiment

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Biography contributed by Claude McKelvey

Alexander McDougall was born on 11 Nov 1874 at Houston, Renfrewshire, Scotland, a son to Duncan McDougall and Jane McDougall (nee Ramsay).

He served in both the South African (Boer) War and WW1. First service was as a Private S.N. 312 in the 4th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, Boer War. Second service was as a Private S.N. 1337 in the 2nd Light Horse Regiment AIF WW1.

(source AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 485; National Archives Australia WW1 service record).

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