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UNDERWOOD, Douglas Jerrold
| Service Number: | 55908 |
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| Enlisted: | 16 April 1918, Enlisted at Adelaide. SA |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | Australian Army Medical Corps WW1 |
| Born: | Woodville Park, South Australia, 15 April 1899 |
| Home Town: | Unley, Unley, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Chemist's apprentice |
| Died: | Natural causes, Ballina, New South Wales, Australia, 1 September 1972, aged 73 years |
| Cemetery: |
Lismore Memorial Gardens (Cemetery & Crematorium - Goonellabah) |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 16 Apr 1918: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 55908, 1st to 6th (SA) Reinforcements, Enlisted at Adelaide. SA | |
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| 5 Jun 1918: | Involvement Private, 55908, 1st to 6th (SA) Reinforcements, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '20' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: RMS Orontes embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
| 5 Jun 1918: | Embarked Private, 55908, 1st to 6th (SA) Reinforcements, RMS Orontes, Sydney | |
| 11 Nov 1918: | Involvement Private, 55908, 32nd Infantry Battalion | |
| 10 Jan 1919: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, Australian Army Medical Corps WW1 | |
| 12 Nov 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 55908, Australian Army Medical Corps WW1, Discharged at the 4th Military District |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of David Edward Underwood and Elizabeth Emma Underwood nee Jones of Northgate Street, Unley, SA.
Brother of Walter Clifton Underwood who returned to Australia on 26 June 1919 having served with the 1st Light Horse Machine Gun Squadron and Frank Maldon Underwood who returned to Australia on 8 Janaury 1918 having served with the 5th Pioneer Battalion.
Commenced return to Australia on 6 June 1919 aboard HT Euripides disembarking on 18 October 1919
Medal: British War Medal
On 24 August 1920 Douglas married Ethel McFowan in the Adelaide Registry Office, SA.
Post was he was a chemist in mainly rural areas on Yorke Peninsula and the Riverland