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Douglas FREEMAN

Place of birthBrighton, Sussex
SchoolBrighton
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationDraughtsman
AddressLand Department, Perth, Western Australia
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation37
Next of kinWife, Miss R Freeman, Queensdrive, Lyall's Bay, Wellington, New Zealand
Previous military serviceServed in the Sussex Yeomanry in the South African War.
Enlistment date25 October 1915
Rank on enlistment2nd Lieutenant
Unit name16th Battalion, 15th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/33/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia, on board HMAT A38 Ulysses on 1 April 1916
Rank from Nominal RollLieutenant
Unit from Nominal Roll16th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 26 September 1917
Place of death or woundingPolyghon Wood, Belgium
Age at death38
Age at death from cemetery records38
Place of burialAeroplane Cemetery (Plot III, Row B, Grave No. 26), Ypres, Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
79
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Vincent Paine and Mary FREEMAN. Native of Brighton, England
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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