DOIG, David MacNair

Service Number –   2851.

Rank –   Lieutenant.

Unit / Division –   16th  Battalion,  transferred  to  47th  Battalion.

Enlistment Date –   19  July  1915.

Address on Enlistment –   State  School,  Bunbury, W. A.

Occupation on Enlistment –   School  Teacher.

Next of Kin on Enlistment –   Father-  Alexander  Paton  Doig,  Mother-  Sarah  Sands  Goldie  Doig,  both  of  Tavistock  Street,  Wagin,  W. A.

 

Religion –   Presbyterian.

Embarkation Details –   From  Fremantle  on  5  October  1915  on  HMAT  A20  “ Hororata “.

KIA / Mortally Wounded –

Date –   29  March  1918.

Place –   Dernancourt,  France.

Age at Death –   22.

Burial Location / Commemoration Details –   Namps- Au-  Val  British  Cemetery,  Somme,  France ( Plot  1,  Row  C,  Grave  No. 12 ).

Panel Number, Roll of Honour (Australian War Memorial) –   143.