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Victor DOUGLAS

Regimental number15806
Place of birthRattingang, Western Australia
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationHorse-breaker
AddressAdelaide, South Australia
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation34
Next of kinWife, Mrs Edith Douglas, 1A Regent Street, Paddington, Sydney, New South Wales
Enlistment date5 May 1916
Place of enlistmentAdelaide, South Australia
Rank on enlistmentDriver
Unit nameOctober 1916 Reinforcements
AWM Embarkation Roll number14/42/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A74 Marathon on 31 October 1916
Rank from Nominal RollDriver
Unit from Nominal RollAustralian Army Veterinary Hospital
FateReturned to Australia 12 May 1918
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Photo: Andrew Richardson
Discharge date26 August 1918
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Discharged (medically unfit: defective vision), 26 August 1918.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
Date of death26 April 1954
Age at death72
Place of burialRookwood Necropolis, Sydney, New South Wales
SourcesNAA: B2455, DOUGLAS Victor

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