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For those who served.

This group is dedicated to those Douglas's and our honored Septs who have served or are serving their country. 

We particularly remember those who have fallen and strive to share their story for all to learn. 

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Comment by Andrew Douglas on June 3, 2015 at 9:41

Hand coloured studio portrait of 2879 Lance Sergeant Gordon Leslie Douglas, 17th Battalion, of Woollahra, NSW. He enlisted on 11 August 1915 and embarked from Sydney, NSW, on 2 November 1915 aboard HMAT Euripides (A14). He was killed in action on the Western Front on 15 April 1917. This portrait is the right hand panel in a framed group of the three Douglas brothers .
(See Alan and George Douglas below).

Comment by Andrew Douglas on June 3, 2015 at 9:39

Hand coloured studio portrait of 1800 Private George Douglas, 35th Battalion, of Marrickville, NSW. George Douglass was an alias for Kenneth George Douglas who was aged 18 when he enlisted, on 12 April 1916. He enlisted without permission, claiming to be over 21. He embarked from Sydney, NSW, on 4 September 1916 aboard HMAT Port Sydney (A15) and served with the 35th Battalion until late April 1917 when he transferred to the 17th Battalion. He was killed in action in Belgium on 20 September 1917, aged 19. Private Douglas' two elder brothers, 848 Lance Corporal Allan Edward Douglas and 2789 Lance Sergeant Gordon Leslie Douglas, were also killed in the First World War. This portrait is the left hand panel in a framed group of the three Douglas brothers.

Comment by Andrew Douglas on June 3, 2015 at 9:35

Hand coloured studio portrait of 848 Lance Corporal, Alan Edward Douglas, 20th Battalion, of Erskineville, NSW. He enlisted on 28 March 1915 and embarked from Sydney, NSW, on 25 June 1915 aboard HMAT Berrima (A35). He was killed in action on the Western Front on 30 July 1916, aged 22. This portrait is the centre panel in a framed group of the three Douglas brothers; all of whom tragically lost their lives in the war. 

 

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Dates and places of births, deaths and marriages all help to place families.

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'My great-grandmother mother was a Douglas from Montrose' does not give many clues to follow up! But a bit of flesh on the bones makes further research possible. But if we are told who she married, what his profession was and where the children were baptised, then we can get to work.

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