Dugald McDOUGALL

Regimental number45108
Date of birth28 February 1895
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationFlax mill hand
Age at embarkation21
Height5' 7.75"
Weight199 lbs
Next of kinFather, J McDougall, 35 St Andrew Street, Invercargill
Previous military serviceServed in the Senior Cadets, Invercargill.
Enlistment date9 December 1916
Place of enlistmentInvercargill
Rank on embarkationSergeant
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 25th Reinforcements, Otago Infantry Regiment, D Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT Tofua on 26 April 1917
Final rankPrivate
Final unitOtago Infantry Regiment
FateDied of disease 4 March 1918
Age at death from cemetery records23
Place of burialTidworth Military Cemetery (Row C, Grave No 318), Wiltshire, England
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: John (b. South Africa) and Margaret (b. New Zealand) McDougall, 35 St Andrew Street, Invercargill
Other details

War Service: England

Embarked Wellington, 26 April 1917; disembarked Devonport, England, 20 July 1917, and marched in to Sling Camp (4th Reserve Bn, Otago Infantry Regiment); reverted to Temporary Corporal.

Reverted to Private on failing to qualify, 20 August 1917.

Found guilty, 7 January 1918, of overstaying leave from 11.30 pm, 5 January, until reporting back in camp, 11 pm, 6 January 1918: admonished, and forfeited 2 days' pay.

Admitted to Military Hospital, Tidworth, 18 February 1918 (measles); placed on 'seriously ill' list, 18 February 1918; on 'dangerously ill' list, 26 February 1918.

Died, Brimstone Bottom Isolation Hospital, Tidworth, 4 March 1918.

Medal: British War Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 3: Roll 62, p. 13
Archives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805

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