AUSTRALIAN COMMANDOS McDougall, William James

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

McDougall ​

• FORENAME

William James ​

• UNIT

2/3 Independent Company ​

• RANK

Private ​

• NUMBER

NX38916 ​

• DATE OF DEATH

18th June 1943 ​

• AGE

21 ​

• GRAVESITE

Lae War Cemetery,Papua New Guinea P.A.3 ​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

born Wickham,New South Wales​

son of William Munro and Jane McDougall,Swansea,New South Wales​

coal miner in civilian life (Newcastle,NSW + Swansea,NSW)​

enlisted 16.7.1941 Paddington,New South Wales​

WIA 20.2.1943 New Guinea​

DOW Wau-Salamaua,New Guinea (separate incident) ​