DOUGLAS, Adrian Wallace (1919-2015)
Adrian Wallace Douglas was the College’s last link with the victorious Head of the River Rowing Crew of 1936.
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Born on 15 April 1919, the son of Richard Dawson Douglas and his wife, Annie Florence nee Shannon, he attended Deniliquin High School before boarding at College from April 1934 to December 1936. His address at enrolment was Duncan St, Deniliquin. A Geelong College Cadet Corps Lieutenant, School Prefect and Captain of Morrison House, he rowed in the 1935 2nd VIII before stroking the crew to their historic win in 1936. He was also a member of the 1st Football XVIII of 1935 and 1936 and was awarded the Dr Gus Kearney Memorial Prize in 1936.
After finishing College he studied engineering at the University of Melbourne though his career was interrupted by war service. He enlisted on 19 May 1941 as a Captain with 2/6th Division Engineers serving in the Middle East from November 1941 to March 1942, and New Guinea from November 1944 to November 1945. He was Mentioned in Despatches ‘for distinguished service in the South-West Pacific Area during the period 1 October 1944 to 31 March 1945’. The award was gazetted on 16 November 1945. He was discharged from the AIF on 28 November 1945.
He later worked as a civil engineer, constructing irrigation and impoundment works, mainly in New South Wales. He published two books on the Burrendong and Copeton Dams. He lived at Lindfield NSW before retiring to Port Macquarie.
He died on 20 May 2015 aged 96 years. His brother, Keith Stuart Douglas (1921-1985), also attended College.
Adrian Wallace Douglas was the College’s last link with the victorious Head of the River Rowing Crew of 1936.
Born on 15 April 1919, the son of Richard Dawson Douglas and his wife, Annie Florence nee Shannon, he attended Deniliquin High School before boarding at College from April 1934 to December 1936. His address at enrolment was Duncan St, Deniliquin. A Geelong College Cadet Corps Lieutenant, School Prefect and Captain of Morrison House, he rowed in the 1935 2nd VIII before stroking the crew to their historic win in 1936. He was also a member of the 1st Football XVIII of 1935 and 1936 and was awarded the Dr Gus Kearney Memorial Prize in 1936. After finishing College he studied engineering at the University of Melbourne though his career was interrupted by war service. He enlisted on 19 May 1941 as a Captain with 2/6th Division Engineers serving in the Middle East from November 1941 to March 1942, and New Guinea from November 1944 to November 1945. He was Mentioned in Despatches ‘for distinguished service in the South-West Pacific Area during the period 1 October 1944 to 31 March 1945’. The award was gazetted on 16 November 1945. He was discharged from the AIF on 28 November 1945.
He later worked as a civil engineer, constructing irrigation and impoundment works, mainly in New South Wales. He published two books on the Burrendong and Copeton Dams. He lived at Lindfield NSW before retiring to Port Macquarie.
He died on 20 May 2015 aged 96 years. His brother, Keith Stuart Douglas (1921-1985), also attended College.