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Alexander Sinclair DUNCAN

Regimental number3094
Place of birthFitzroy, Victoria
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationCamel-driver
AddressOodnadatta, South Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation36
Height5' 10"
Weight147 lbs
Next of kinFriend, Bruce Wilson, Oodnadatta, South Australia
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date17 August 1915
Place of enlistmentAdelaide, South Australia
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name27th Battalion, 7th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/44/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A7 Medic on 12 January 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll2nd Tunnelling Company
FateReturned to Australia 16 October 1916
Discharge date17 January 1917
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Transferred to 2nd Pioneer Bn, 10 March 1916.

Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 19 March 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 26 March 1916.

Admitted to 1st Australian Field Ambulance, 9 May 1916 (haemorrhoids); discharged 7th Casualty Clearing Station, 10 May 1916; transferred by Ambulance Train No 13 to No 13 Stationary Hospital, 12 May 1916; embarked for England, 15 May 1916; admitted to hospital, London (trachoma: no further details). Transferred to 2nd Tunnelling Company while invaliding in England, 14 July 1916.

Commenced return to Australia from Southampton on board HT 'Karoola', 16 October 1916; disembarked Melbourne, 2 December 1916; discharged, Adelaide (medically unfit), 17 January 1917.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNAA: B2455, DUNCAN Alexander Sinclair

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