Duncan MCDOUGALL

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MCDOUGALL, Duncan

Service Number:	186
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen
Born:	Renfrewshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, 1878
Home Town:	Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Motorman
Died:	Ashgrove- Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 18 May 1939, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Toowong (Brisbane General) Cemetery, Queensland Plot: Portion 10 - Section 76 - Plot 48
Memorials:

1 Oct 1899:	Involvement Private, 186
4 Apr 1901:	Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 186, 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, 186, 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.

Biography contributed by Claude McKelvey

When Duncan McDougall (alt. MacDougall) enlisted in 1901 in the 6th QIB and his details wer published with the rank and file in The Queenslander, 13 Apr 1901, he noted his N.O.K. as Mrs. MacDougall, Brisbane. The Boer War Service Paybooks for the 6th QIB, p. 190, notes he directed part of his pay to his mother Mrs. J. R. McDougall, Brisbane.

He also served in WW1, S.N. 936 Private, 41st Infantry Battalion AIF. When he enlisted in Dec 1914 he noted on his Attestation Paper he was 34 yrs 3 monts old; married to Martha Jane McDougall; working as a motorman; and noted his previous service in the Boer War.

Duncan McDougall was born in 1878 in Renfrewshire, Scotland, a son to Duncan McDougall and Jane McDougall (nee Ramsay). He married Martha Jane Thompson on 1 Jul 1905 in Queensland and they had 1 child.

(sources- AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 513; Qld State Archives- Boer War Service Paybooks 6th QIB, p. 190; National Archives Australia- WW1 service record).

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