Leading Aircraftman
Royal Australian Air Force
Commemorated at Queensland Garden of Remembrance here
Cenotaph at Australian War Memorial here
Young Airman Buried At Nudgee
A simple ceremony marked the burial at Nudgee Cemetery yesterday of Leading-Aircraftsman Henry Beirne Douglas. a voung Brisbane member of the Royal Australian Air Force wno
was killed while in training in Canada more than six weeks ago. The funeral service of the Catholic
Church was conducted by his cousin—the Rev. Father Francis Douglas, of Coolangatta, in the presence of only his immediate relatives, his old teachers of St. Columban's and Nudgee Colleges, and a few of his University friends. Leading-Aircraftsman Douglas had previously been buried with full airforce honours at Barrie, Ontario, near his training station, but his body was brought to Queensland following arrangements made by his parents — Mr. and Mrs. H. A. C. Douglas, of Ascot— and yesterday was placed beside that of his grandmother — Mrs. T. C. Beirne —in the family vault at Nudgee.
Leading Aircraftman
Royal Australian Air Force
Commemorated at Queensland Garden of Remembrance here
Cenotaph at Australian War Memorial here
Young Airman Buried At Nudgee
A simple ceremony marked the burial at Nudgee Cemetery yesterday of Leading-Aircraftsman Henry Beirne Douglas. a voung Brisbane member of the Royal Australian Air Force wno
was killed while in training in Canada more than six weeks ago. The funeral service of the Catholic
Church was conducted by his cousin—the Rev. Father Francis Douglas, of Coolangatta, in the presence of only his immediate relatives, his old teachers of St. Columban's and Nudgee Colleges, and a few of his University friends. Leading-Aircraftsman Douglas had previously been buried with full airforce honours at Barrie, Ontario, near his training station, but his body was brought to Queensland following arrangements made by his parents — Mr. and Mrs. H. A. C. Douglas, of Ascot— and yesterday was placed beside that of his grandmother — Mrs. T. C. Beirne —in the family vault at Nudgee.
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