WW1

DIX, Frank

Date of birth: 
1893
Biographical notes: 

Frank Dix was 22 years old when he enlisted on 18 January, 1916. He was the son of George Albert Dix and Edith Hooper and identified himself by occupation as a student. He was immediately attached to 'C' Flight, No 1 Squadron of the Australian Flying Corps, at Laverton, Victoria,  and appointed as an Air Mechanic.

Frank Dix - circa March 1916
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DOCTER, Alfred William

Date of birth: 
1894
Biographical notes: 

Alfred William Docter and his brother, Thomas Cancel Doctor, were the sons of Thomas Docter, a dairyman, and his wife Alice, of 187 Edward St., Brunswick. Alfred was a driver by trade, while Thomas was a currier. Both died as a resut of war, but in very different circumstances.

fallen Soldiers at Fromelles 20 July 1916
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DONALDSON, Alexander

Date of birth: 
1873
Biographical notes: 

The son of John Donaldson and Elizabeth, nee Lever, Alexander Donaldson was born on 6 September, 1873, at Diamond Creek Victoria. He had one sibling, his sister Annetta, b. 1971. By 1917, when he enlisted, he was a factory manager, married to Gertrude, and living at 112 Grey Street, East Melbourne. They appear to have had no children.

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DONNAN, James

Date of birth: 
1877
Biographical notes: 

James Donnan enlisted on 15 July, 1915. It is a significant date, because it follows on from the assault on the Gallipoli Peninsula. James Donnan would have read the news and seen the casualty lists and therefore had full knowledge of his possible fate.

The 29th Battalion 1915
Caterpillar Valley Cemetery, Longueval, France
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DOUGHARTY, Douglas Hamilton

Date of birth: 
1888
Biographical notes: 

Douglas was born in East Melbourne on 5th May, 1889, the youngest son and child of George Hamilton Dougharty and Catherine (Kate) Grey Dougharty (nee Innes). Douglas had 2 older brothers and 5 sisters, some of whom were also involved directly with WWI.(see later notes) His father George, was of Scottish origin, a cousin of the tenth Duke of Hamilton and last Earl of Coventry.

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DOUGLAS, Alexander

Date of birth: 
1883
Biographical notes: 

Alexander Douglas was born in 1883 at Junee NSW, the son of Samuel and Ruth Douglas. In 1912, at the age of  29, he married Margaret Emma Connolly (1884-1949) in Newcastle, NSW. They had two daughters, Yvonne Marguerite, known as Bonnie, on 25 September, 1915, at Essendon, Victoria, followed two years later in 1917 by Marie Alexandra.

Railway Unit 2 departing on HMAT Ballarat 1917
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DOUGLAS, Arthur

Date of birth: 
1876
Biographical notes: 

Arthur Douglas was 41 years old when he enlisted. He was a married man and named as his next of kin his wife, Maria Ethel, known as Maud. He was born in Glasgow in 1876, but in 1917 when he enlisted, was at 40 Albert St., East Melbourne and then at 453 George St., Fitzroy. He was 5' 9" in height, with blue eyes and brown hair and a tattoo on his left arm.

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DOW, Wilson

Date of birth: 
1895
Biographical notes: 

Born East Melbourne on the 10 May 1895. Was living in Williamstown with his father in 1915 and was an apprectice Engineer with W Jackson, Nelson Place Williamstown.

Enlisted in the AIF on the 12 July 1915 Allocated to the 5th Battalion. Wilson was 20 years old, a small man of 5'6'' weighing 9 stone.

Report in Argus 3 JUly 1919. Death of Wilson Dow.
Wilson Dow's notification of the awarding of Military Medal.
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DOWER, Leslie Hubert

Biographical notes: 

No connection with East Melbourne. Mother lived as boarder in East Melbourne in 1916.

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DOWKER, Robert

Biographical notes: 

No connection with East Melbourne. Widower with small  daughter in foster care in Jolimont

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