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DOUGLAS, Herbert
(Service number 7/326)

Waimate War Memorial, pictured in 2011 — (South Canterbury Museum 2013/155.33 #01)

Waimate War Memorial (left panel), pictured in 2011 — (South Canterbury Museum 2013/155.33 #04)

Aliases
First Rank	Trooper	Last Rank	Corporal

Birth

Date	04/03/1905	Place of Birth	Melbourne, Australia

Enlistment Information

Date	19 August 1914	Age	24
Address at Enlistment	15 Winchcombe Street, Christchurch, New Zealand
Occupation	Operator Picture Show
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status	Married
Next of Kin	Mrs Blanche Douglas (Wife), 15 Winchcombe Street, Christchurch, New Zealand
Religion	Church of England
Medical Information	Fit for service

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in	Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation	Main Body
Unit, Squadron, or Ship	Canterbury Mounted Rifles
Date	16 October 1914
Transport	Tahiti or Athenic
Embarked From	Lyttelton, New Zealand	Destination	Suez, Egypt

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With	Canterbury Mounted Rifles, 1st Battalion

Military Awards

Campaigns
Service Medals	1914-1915 Star, 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

9/7/1915 - Wounded at Dardanelles, Left Leg; 12 August 1915 - Admitted To Hospital (Sick); 18 and 24 August 1915 noted sufering from Disentry; 9 May 1916 - Admitted to hospital, noted as Tonsil Abscess on the following day; 5 November 1917 - Wounded (Chest); Died of wounds on 11 November 1917.

Post-war Occupations

Death

Date	11 October 1917	Age	27
Place of Death	Palestine
Cause	Died of wounds
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery	Beersheba War Cemetery, Israel
Memorial Reference	Q.56 Grave Number 101
New Zealand Memorials	On Memorial wall, Timaru; Waimate First World War Memorial

Biographical Notes

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [4/09/2013]; NZ Defence Force Personnel Records (Archives NZ Ref. 4584 2040 72231 79945) [4/8/2013]

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Researched and Written by

Patrina Buchanan

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