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Douglas Stuart ATCHISON

Regimental number1421
Date of birth27 November 1897
Place of birthEngland
Age on arrival in Australia15
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationFarm labourer
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation21
Next of kinMother, Mrs Jennie Atchison, Glebelands Road, Sale, Cheshire, England
Enlistment date3 August 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name1st Light Horse Regiment, 11th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number10/6/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A47 Mashobra on 4 October 1915
Rank from Nominal RollLance Corporal
Unit from Nominal Roll1st Light Horse Regiment
FateReturned to Australia 6 July 1919
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Robert Whitehead (d. 1927) and Augusta Jane ('Jennie') ATCHISON
Other details

Understated age at enlistment (true age 17; stated to be 21).

War service: Egypt, Palestine

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Date of death5 August 1982
Age at death84
Place of burialCremated: Castlebrook Crematorium; ashes scattered in the NSW countryside.

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