Ancestor Details
Name of Ancestor: George Henry Allen Douglas
Ancestor's date of birth: Detail not provided
Ancestor's date of death: 1943
Cause of Death: Detail not provided
Service Number: 31588(SH) 2205(5 ACH)
Colony or State of enlistment: VIC, Place of Enlistment: Seymour
Unit: 2nd Bn Marquis of Tullabardine's Scottish Horse and 4th Battalion Australian Commonwealth Light Horse
Rank attained in Boer War: PTE, Date Effective: On enlistment
Highest Rank attained (if served after war): No evidence of post Boer War service.
Murray Page: 319
Contingent: Second Australian
Ship: Travelled privately to South Africa for service in the Scottish Horse.
Ship: Templemore, Date of Sailing: 26/03/1902
Memorial details: Detail not provided
Decorations: Queen's South Africa Medal with four clasps.
Personal Characteristics: Detail not provided
Reasons to go and fight: For the Empire
Details of service in war: From 15 February 1901 until 14 September 1901. With Scottish Horse at the heroic Defence of the Guns at Bakenlaagte. No service seen with the Australian Commonwealth Horse.
Service and life after the Boer War: Passed away 1943. Descendents at that time were Wife, three sons and two daughters
Descendant Details
Name of Descendant: Neil William Mangels, Middleton TAS
Relationship to Ancestor: Grandson
