The original grave marker, covered in flowers, of Major (Maj) Douglas Dunbar Jamieson, MC, ...

The original grave marker, covered in flowers, of Major (Maj) Douglas Dunbar Jamieson, MC, Medical Officer attached to the 8th Australian Light Horse, of Stawell, Vic. Maj Jamieson, a doctor and surgeon at the Stawell Hospital in Victoria, enlisted as a captain on 29 June 1915 and embarked from Melbourne aboard HMAT Orsova on 15 July 1915. He was appointed to the Convalescent Depot, Haberfield Park, London. On 18 January 1916 he was transferred to the 2nd Australian Light Horse Field Ambulance in Egypt. At Bir-El-Abd on 9 August 1916 he was awarded the Military Cross for his daring exploits in rescuing wounded soldiers under heavy rifle and shell fire. He died on 29 July 1918 from complications of a fractured skull received in an aeroplane accident in Egypt on 17 July 1918 aged 39 years.