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Walter Aberdeen DOUGLAS

Regimental number7183
Place of birthNorth Sydney, New South Wales
SchoolNorth Sydney Public School, North Sydney, New South Wales
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationEngine driver
AddressCrows Nest, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation18
Next of kinFather, Robert Ellison Douglas, 3 Devonshire Street, Crows Nest, North Sydney, New South Wales
Enlistment date30 June 1917
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll3 June 1919
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name19th Battalion, 21st Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/36/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A71 Nestor on 28 February 1918
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll34th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 22 August 1918
Place of death or woundingSomme, France
Age at death19
Age at death from cemetery records19
Place of burialDive Copse British Cemetery (Plot III, Row C, Grave No. 20), Sailly-le-Sec, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
123
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Robert Elison and Annie DOUGLAS, 3 Devonshire Street, Crow's Nest, North Sydney, New South Wales
Family/military connectionsBrothers: 488 Pte Leslie DOUGLAS, 51st Bn, returned to Australia, 22 September 1919; Charles DOUGLAS.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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