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Name	Roger Douglas
Born	5 June, 1894 Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia
Died	13 November, 1919 (aged 25) Surbiton, Surrey, England
Cause of Death	air crash
Occupation or Descriptor *	boxer (1912-1915) Queensland, Australia soldier (1912-1916) Federal, Australia army officer (1916-1917) Federal, Australia aviator (1917-1919) Australia
Military Service *	World War I (soldier) Battle of Polygon Wood, 1917 (army officer) Battle of Pozieres, 1916 (soldier) Dardanelles campaign, 1915-16 (soldier) 25th Battalion (soldier, 1915-1916) 7th Machine-Gun Company (soldier, 1916-1917) Australian Flying Corps (airforce officer, 1917-1917)
Awards	Distinguished Conduct Medal (recipient, 1916) Military Cross (recipient, 1917)

* Dates are approximate

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