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Douglass Powell KING

Regimental number329
Place of birthBrisbane Queensland
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationStockman
AddressEmerald, Queensland
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation21
Next of kinMother, Mrs Agnes Augusta Jones, Emerald, Queensland
Enlistment date20 March 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit nameMachine Gun Company 12, Reinforcement 4
AWM Embarkation Roll number24/17/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board RMS Orontes on 16 August 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll4th Machine Gun Battalion
FateDied of wounds 31 May 1918
Place of burialCrouy British Cemetery (Plot II, Row E, Grave No. 19), Crouy-Sur-Somme, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
176
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Adopted son of Mrs Agnes JONES, Narrango, Queensland. Native of Brisbane, Queensland
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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