Enlisting in the A.I.F. on 14 May 1941 at Toowoomba in Queensland, Douglas was the son of Douglas and Barker.
A member of the 2/26 Battalion, he was selected as part of "B" Force.
Japanese P.O.W. number 496, he died of Malaria at Sandakan No.2 Camp.
His remains were found by fellow POW in a slit trench and they buried him at Sandakan No.3 Cemetery.
He is remembered on Panel 15 of the Labuan Memorial, Australian War Memorial; the ANZAC Memorial at Leichhardt, New South Wales and the POW Memorial Wall at Ballarat, Victoria.
"When you go home,
Tell them of us, and say,
For your tomorrow,
We gave our today."
A member of the 2/26 Battalion, he was selected as part of "B" Force.
Japanese P.O.W. number 496, he died of Malaria at Sandakan No.2 Camp.
His remains were found by fellow POW in a slit trench and they buried him at Sandakan No.3 Cemetery.
He is remembered on Panel 15 of the Labuan Memorial, Australian War Memorial; the ANZAC Memorial at Leichhardt, New South Wales and the POW Memorial Wall at Ballarat, Victoria.
"When you go home,
Tell them of us, and say,
For your tomorrow,
We gave our today."
Enlisting in the A.I.F. on 14 May 1941 at Toowoomba in Queensland, Douglas was the son of Douglas and Barker.
A member of the 2/26 Battalion, he was selected as part of "B" Force.
Japanese P.O.W. number 496, he died of Malaria at Sandakan No.2 Camp.
His remains were found by fellow POW in a slit trench and they buried him at Sandakan No.3 Cemetery.
He is remembered on Panel 15 of the Labuan Memorial, Australian War Memorial; the ANZAC Memorial at Leichhardt, New South Wales and the POW Memorial Wall at Ballarat, Victoria.
"When you go home,
Tell them of us, and say,
For your tomorrow,
We gave our today."
A member of the 2/26 Battalion, he was selected as part of "B" Force.
Japanese P.O.W. number 496, he died of Malaria at Sandakan No.2 Camp.
His remains were found by fellow POW in a slit trench and they buried him at Sandakan No.3 Cemetery.
He is remembered on Panel 15 of the Labuan Memorial, Australian War Memorial; the ANZAC Memorial at Leichhardt, New South Wales and the POW Memorial Wall at Ballarat, Victoria.
"When you go home,
Tell them of us, and say,
For your tomorrow,
We gave our today."
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