William Abbott Gale Douglas

1901 - 1942  (40 years)

• Name	William Abbott Gale Douglas
  Birth	25 Jul 1901	Fulham, Greater London, Middlesex, England
  Gender	Male
  Death	4 Mar 1942	Indian Ocean
  	[Singapore Memorial, column 351] If he died on 4th march, then there is a presumption that he survived the submarine attack. A truly harrowing story of the experiences of some 135 people who reached one lifeboat is told in the book "The Boat" (ISBN -10: 981-05-8301-X; first published in 1952 and republished by Monsoon Books Pte Ltd, Singapore in 2007) by the only European survivor, Walter Gibson. Of the 135 on board and clinging around the sides of the lifeboat only Corporal Walter Gibson, a young Chinese woman named Doris Lim and two Javanese crewmen reached land in the Mentawi islands of Sumatra. They had been in the lifeboat for a month and according to Gibson had drifted over one thousand miles. Two other Malay or Javanese crewmen were also rescued from a raft in the middle of the Indian Ocean.
  Person ID	I79705	First tree
  Last Modified	10 Jun 2016

  
  

  Father	Gustavus Gale Douglas,   b. Bef 1901   d. Yes, date unknown
  Mother	Fanny Jane Elizabeth Abbot,   b. 1865   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F72221	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary Evered,   b. Abt 1901   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F72220	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	10 Jun 2016

  
  

• Notes

  2nd Lt. (Army) 14.07.1921 Lt. (Army) 14.07.1923 Lt. 19.12.1931, seniority 14.10.1923 [818 IA] Capt. 19.12.1931, seniority 14.07.1929 Maj.01.08.1938 A/Lt.Col. 19.06.1941-18.09.1941 T/Lt.Col. 19.09.1941-04.03.1942 14.07.1921 The Devonshire Regiment 20.04.1931 - 18.12.1931 seconded, Indian Army 19.12.1931 transferred, Indian Army (Indian Army Ordnance Corps) served at Kedah ? - 1942 HQ 11th Indian Infantry Division (Singapore) AMIMechE. SS. ROOSEBOOM - Sunk by Japanese submarine number I - 159 on 1st March 1942. DOUGLAS - Lt. Col. Douglas IAOC SOME 11 Div 'Not Certain' (CO 980/141); also mentioned in "The Boat" as Lt. Col Douglas of the Indian Army Ordinance Corps (The Boat, book authored by Walter Gibson); Lt. Col William Abbott Gale Douglas, nationality Indian, aged 41 years, #818/1A, Indian Army Ordinance Corps, husband of Mary Evered Douglas of Lilliput, Dorsetshire, AMI Mech, also served in the Devonshire Regiment, he died 4.3.42 (CWGC)