George Alexander Douglas

Ngā ingoa tuatahi

George Alexander AWMM

Ingoa whānau

Douglas AWMM

Nama Hōia

WWI 13/480 AWMM

Ira tangata

Male AWMM

Wāhi Whānau

Tauranga, NZ

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Tuhinga mō te whānautanga

Son of William John and Annie Douglas, of Tauranga.

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 13 May 2023 - Military Record

Wāhi noho i mua i te whakaurunga

• Unknown AWMM Gisborne, New Zealand AWMM
• Occ. Drover - living in Gisborne
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Uri kiritahi

Mrs Douglas, Dominion Road, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM

Mēnā he hoa rangatira tōna

Pre 16 Oct 1914 AWMM Single AWMM

Pakanga

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Kauhanga riri

1915-1916 AWMM Gallipoli AWMM

Te Ope o Tū / te peka

Army AWMM

Nama Hōia

WWI 13/480 AWMM

Te urunga

WW1 Unknown AWMM

Taipitopito ekenga waka

WW1 16 Oct 1914-03 Dec 1914 AWMM
HMNZT 8 or HMNZT 12 AWMM Vessel was Star of India or Waimana AWMM Trooper AWMM Auckland Mounted Rifles AWMM Main Body AWMM

Tuhinga hauora

Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Te tūnga whakamutunga

WW1 Trooper AWMM
Auckland Mounted Rifles AWMM

Son of William John and Annie Douglas, of Tauranga.

Next of Kin: c/o Mr H. K. Douglas, Public Trust, Palmerston Nth (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 1)) AWMM

Matenga

8 Aug 1915 AWMM
Age  28 AWMM

Te momo matenga

Killed in Action AWMM

Pānui Matenga

TWO BROTHERS. Trooper George Alexander Douglas and Trooper Thomas Lewis Douglas, of Mrs. Annie Douglas, of Rocklands Avenue, Dominion Road, and of the late Mr. William John Douglas, of Tauranga, were killed in action during the recent heavy fighting on Gallipoli. Both young men were born and educated at Tauranga, where the family is well known and widely respected. Trooper G. A. Douglas wis 28 years of age. He was a farmer by occupation, and for about five years prior to the outbreak of war resided near Gisborne. He enlisted with the main body of the North Auckland Mounted Rifles, and was killed in action on August 8. His brother, Trooper T. L. Douglas, was 26 years of age at the time of his death in action, on August 9. For about six years prior to enlisting he resided at Ohakune, where he carried on a successful business as a builder and contractor, and had a promising future before him. He left in the main body with the 6th, Manawatu, Mounted Rifles. Both brothers took a keen interest in military matters, and served in the old volunteers at Tauranga and Gisborne. The younger brother was a particularly good rifle shot and won a number of medals and other trophies at various shooting competitions. Both were fine young fellows," said their mother. They have done good work tor their country, but l expected to get one back.

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Ingoa maumaharatanga

• Chunuk Bair (New Zealand) Memorial, Chunuk Bair Cemetery, Gallipoli, Turkey AWMM
• Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM
• Edendale Presbyterian Church, 30 Melvin Street, Edendale, Southland AWMM
• Edendale Presbyterian Church, 30 Melvin Street, Edendale, Southland AWMM

Mea e whai hononga ai

Tangata Ope Tauā

Hononga ki waho

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R20998137
  Further Reference
• Onehunga War Memorial and Book of Honour Index
  http://www.aucklandcity.govt.nz/dbtw-wpd/CityArchives/FamilyHistory/OHB063/searchonehunga.htm
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/679905/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/679905
  Further Reference

Ngā tuhinga

• Waite, F. (1919). The New Zealanders at Gallipoli. Auckland, N.Z.: Printed and published under Authority of the New Zealand Government by Whitcombe & Tombs.
• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  Vol1: 195
• The Fields of Remembrance Trust: Brothers Field, Auckland Museum (Armistice, 2018)
• Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2.
• Nicol, C.G. (1921). The story of two campaigns: Official war history of the Auckland Mounted Rifles Regiment 1914-1919. Auckland, N.Z.: Wilson & Horton.