Regimental number | 848 |
Date of birth | |
Place of birth | Picton, New South Wales |
School | Newtown Superior Public School, Sydney, New South Wales |
Religion | Church of England |
Occupation | Painter |
Address | 9 Bridge Street, Erskineville, New South Wales |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 21 |
Next of kin | Mother, Mrs M Douglas, 9 Bridge Street, Erskineville, New South Wales |
Previous military service | Served in the Citizen Garrison Artillery. |
Enlistment date | |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 20th Battalion, C Company |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/37/1 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board Transport Berrima on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Lance Corporal |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 20th Battalion |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Place of death or wounding | Pozieres, Somme Sector, France |
Age at death | 20.8 |
Age at death from cemetery records | 22 |
Place of burial | Pozieres British Cemetery (Plot IV, Row N, Grave No. 9), Ovillers-La-Boisselle, France |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 91 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: George Edward and Mary DOUGLAS, 9 Bridge Street, Erskineville, New South Wales. Native of Picton |
Family/military connections | Brothers: 2879 Lance Sergeant Gordon Leslie DOUGLAS, 17th Bn, killed in action, 15 April 1917; 1800 Pte Kenneth George DOUGLAS, 17th Bn, killed in action, 20 September 1917. |