DOUGLAS, Theophilus Thomas
Service Number: | 218 |
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Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 4th Queensland Imperial Bushmen |
Born: | Queensland, Australia, 18 June 1879 |
Home Town: | St George, Balonne Shire, Queensland |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
Died: | 14 May 1937, aged 57 years, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered |
Cemetery: |
Warwick General Cemetery, Qld |
Memorials: |
Boer War Service
1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Private, 218, Queensland Imperial Bushmen | |
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18 May 1900: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 218, 4th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 475 notes 4th QIB embarked 18 May 1900 aboard Manchester Port arriving Beira 14 Jun 1900. | |
10 Aug 1901: | Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 218, 4th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 477 notes 4th QIB embarked 5 Jul 1901 aboard Britannic returning to Australia arriving Brisbane 5 Aug 1901, disbanded 10 Aug 1901. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Claude McKelvey
Theophilus Thomas Douglas was born on 18 Jun 1879 in Queensland, a son to Franklin Randolph Douglas and Anna Maria Douglas (nee Thomas). He married Naomi Marian Ingle on 21 Feb 1923 in Queensland.
He served in both the South African (Boer) War and WW1. First service was as a Private S.N. 218 in the 4th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, Boer War. Second service was as a Private (rising to Corporal) S.N. 46 in the 11th Machine Gun Company AIF, WW1.
(source- AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 483; National Archives Australia- WW1 service record).