HALSE D.R.

Given Names:  Douglas Robert

Service Number:  34968

Unit:  Field Artillery Brigade, 27th reinforcements                                                              

Rank:  Gunner 

Paybook Number:  603189

Age:  20 Yrs  11 Mths

Occupation:  Salesman                                                                                                  

Marital Status:  Single

Religion:  Presbyterian

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION           

Height:  5 Ft  8 In                     

Weight:  124 Lbs

Chest:  33-36 In

Hair:  Dark Brown

Eyes:  Brown

Complexion:  Medium

ENLISTMENT

Date Enlisted:  17/2/1917

Place:  Melbourne

Next of Kin:  FATHER  Ernest Edward Halse

76 Packington Street, Kew, Victoria                                                                                  

Embarkation Date:  9/11/1917

Port:  Melbourne                                       

Ship:  HMAT Port Sydney A15

END OF WAR 

Status:  Returned to Australia

Ship:  Prinz Hubertus                                 

Embarked:  3/7/1919                                 

Disembarked:  25/8/1919

Unit:  7th Field Artillery Brigade                                                                                                     

Rank:  Driver

Discharge Date:  16/9/1919                       

Place:  Melbourne

MEDALS AND AWARDS

14/15 Star:  Not earned

British War Medal:  69249

Victory Medal:  66379

Other:   

BIRTH

Date or Year:  1896

Place:  Carlton North, Victoria                  

Father:  Ernest Edward Bromage HALSE 

Mother:  Agnes Boyd Greig NAIRN

MARRIAGE

Year:  1925     

Place:  Victoria

Spouse: Olive Jean HUESTON

DEATH

Date or Year: 26/5/1975                          

Place: Kew, Victoria                                

Burial:  Kew Cemetery, Victoria

SERVICE RECORD HIGHLIGHTS

MEMORIALS

Kew State School

Kew War Memorial

Kew Presbyterian Church

WORLD WAR 2 SERVICE

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