DOUGALL, Robert James +

Son of Peter Bacon & Catherine Dougall
b. 1893 NZ - d. 1918 FRANCE

World War I, 1914-1918
New Zealand Machine Gun Corps
Rank: lance corporal
Service number: #25112

France (1916-1918)
Robert enlisted on 10 February 1916 at Trentham (Upper Hutt). He was recorded as being 23 years old, 5', 11" tall with brown hair and brown eyes. Initially unmarried, his next of kin was Peter DOUGALL, 109 Wright Road, Spreydon, Christchurch. Following marriage it was Mrs R.J. Dougall (wife), Birchfield, Westport, New Zealand.
He sailed from Wellington on 26 June 1916 aboard the 'Tahiti' or 'Maunganui'.

Memorial name: Grevillers (New Zealand) Memorial, Grevillers British Cemetery, Pas-de-Calais, France.

Source: Military documents