Profile

DOUGLAS, Kenneth
(Service number 47127)

Aliases
First Rank	Rifleman	Last Rank	Rifleman

Birth

Date	14 February 1882	Place of Birth	Scotland

Enlistment Information

Date	13 February 1917	Age	34
Address at Enlistment	C/o Mr Hertslet, Waimate, New Zealand
Occupation	Ploughman
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status	Single
Next of Kin	Kenneth Douglas (Father), Swordale, Ross-shire, Scotland
Religion	Presbyterian
Medical Information	Previousaly rejected For Naval / Military service for the crown (Vericose Veins, knees). Declared fit for service for WWI

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in	Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation	New Zealand Rifle Brigade
Unit, Squadron, or Ship	25th Reinforcements, G Company
Date	26 April 1917
Transport	Turakina
Embarked From	Wellington	Destination	Devonport, England

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With	New Zealand Rifle Brigade, 3rd Battalion

Military Awards

Campaigns	Western European
Service Medals	British War Medal, Victory Medal
Military Awards

Award Circumstances and Date

No information

Prisoner of War Information

Date of Capture
Where Captured and by Whom
Actions Prior to Capture
PoW Serial Number
PoW Camps
Days Interned
Liberation Date

Discharge

Date		Reason

Hospitals, Wounds, Diseases and Illnesses

4 November 1918 - Wounded in action; Admitted to No 5 General Hospital, Rouen France.

Post-war Occupations

Death

Date	11 November 1918	Age	36
Place of Death	France
Cause	Died of wounds
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery	St Server Cemetery Extension, Rouen, Seine-Maritime, France
Memorial Reference	S. III. T. 12.
New Zealand Memorials	On Memorial wall, Timaru

Biographical Notes

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [4/09/2013]; NZ Defence Force Personnel Records (Archives NZ Ref. F8 1631 964 1070 729111) [4/8/2013]

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Patrina Buchanan

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