Herbert DOUGLAS

Regimental number7/326
Address15 Winchcombe Street, Christchurch
Marital statusMarried
Next of kinWife, Mrs Blanche Douglas, 15 Winchcombe Street, Christchurch
Rank on embarkationTrooper
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, Main Body, Canterbury Mounted Rifles
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Lyttelton on 16 October 1914
The Canterbury Mounted Rifles Regiment, Main Body, embarked on board two ships, HMNZT 4 'Tahiti' and HMNZT 11 'Athenic'. It is not possible from the Nominal Roll to determine on which ship an individual embarked.
Final rankCorporal
Final unitCanterbury Mounted Rifles Regiment
FateDied of wounds 10 November 1917
Age at death from cemetery records27
Place of burialBeersheba War Cemetery (Row Q, Grave No 56), Palestine
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: James and Mary Douglas, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; Wife: Blanch Douglas, 15 Winchcombe Street, Christchurch
Other details

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Canterbury Mounted Rifles/Main Body