[2] Anthony served on the Gallipoli campaign as a sapper and was present at the landing at Anzac Cove on 25 April 1915.

[3] He was evacuated to England due to illness in August 1915, subsequently returning to Australia where he was discharged from the AIF in October 1916.

[1] After leaving the military, Anthony moved to Sydney where he worked as a clerk and studied accounting and economics.

In 1919 he took up a property near Tweed Heads, New South Wales, under a soldier settlement scheme and established a banana plantation.

He helped establish the New South Wales Banana Growers' Federation in 1928 and was an advocate for research into bunchy top.

[1] In 1949 the conservatives returned to power under Robert Menzies, and Anthony became Postmaster-General, adding the post of Minister for Civil Aviation in 1951.

Doug's son Lawrence James Anthony also held the seat of Richmond and was a government minister, becoming the first three-generation dynasty in the House of Representatives.