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Douglas CARLSON

Regimental number221
Place of birthMelbourne, Victoria
SchoolCurrie, King Island
ReligionRoman Catholic
OccupationMotor driver
AddressInvermay PO, Launceston, Tasmania
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation21
Next of kinMother, Mrs L Carlson, Goose Island, Bass Strait, Tasmania
Enlistment date6 September 1914
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name12th Battalion, B Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/29/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Hobart, Tasmania, on board Transport A2 Geelong on 20 October 1914
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll12th Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularDied of Bronchial Pneumonia
FateDied of disease 24 March 1919
Place of death or woundingLemnos
Date of death24 March 1915
Age at death21.9
Place of burialEast Mudros Military Cemetery (Plot I, Row F, Grave No. 106), Lemnos, Greece
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
65
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Carl and Louisa Carlson. Born in Tasmania

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