| Places | |
|---|---|
| Accession Number | 1DRL/0382 |
| Collection type | Private Record |
| Record type | Collection |
| Measurement | 1 wallet: 1 cm. |
| Object type | Letter |
| Maker |
Jamieson, Douglas Dunbar |
| Place made | Ottoman Empire: Palestine |
| Date made | 1918 |
| Access | Open |
| Related File This file can be copied or viewed via the Memorial’s Reading Room. | AWM93 12/11/475 |
| Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
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| Copying Provisions | Copyright expired. Copying permitted subject to physical condition. Permission for reproduction not required. |
Jamieson, Douglas Dunbar, MC (Major, b.? - d.1918)
Description
Collection relating to the service of Major Douglas Dunbar Jamieson, MC, 8 Light Horse Regiment, Palestine, 1917-1918. Collection consists of one letter written by Jamieson to his wife in Australia.
History / Summary
Biographical note: Major Douglas Dunbar Jamieson, MC, 8 Light Horse Regiment, AIF, who died from a fracture of the skull on 29 July 1918, in Egypt. Other biographical details concerning him are: medical practitioner; of Stawell, Victoria; born Kew, Victoria; educated at Hawthorn Grammar School and Melbourne University (where he took his degree); was a good athlete, and on one occasion won a 10 mile cross country championship run; was also a frequent contributor of verse and prose to various papers; held a commission in the Commonwealth Military Forces; age at time of death, 39. An elder brother, Stanley Connebee Jamieson, served as a medical officer with the Tasmanians in the South African War, and was also a member of the AIF.