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George Robert DOUGLAS

Regimental number3508
Place of birthCoonabarabran, New South Wales
SchoolPublic School
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationGrocer
AddressCoonabarabran, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation20
Next of kinFather, G J Douglas, Coonabarabran, New South Wales
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date25 October 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name19th Battalion, 8th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/36/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A35 Berrima on 12 December 1915
Rank from Nominal RollLance Corporal
Unit from Nominal Roll2nd Battalion
FateKilled in Action 27 October 1917
Place of death or woundingBelgium
Age at death21
Age at death from cemetery records21
Place of burialBelgian Battery Corner Cemetery (Plot II, Row H, Grave No 10), Ypres, Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
32
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: G.J. and Florence DOUGLAS. Native of Coonabarabran, New South Wales
Family/military connectionsCousin: 3869 Pte Keith Robert Douglas McFADYEN, 19th Bn, died of wounds, 26 July 1916..
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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