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Edward Arthur DUNCAN

Regimental number3800
Place of birthWandiligong, Victoria
SchoolCaulfield Grammar School, Victoria
Other trainingServed in the South African War Distinguished Service Merit.
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationHotel keeper
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation38
Next of kinWife, Mrs Agnes Duncan, Lilydale, Victoria
Enlistment date30 June 1915
Rank on enlistmentActing Corporal
Unit name21st Battalion, 9th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/38/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A69 Warilda on 8 February 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll2nd Machine Gun Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularLost his life after battle on 26th September 1917 in returning to rescue a wounded officer. (details from wife)
FateKilled in Action 26 September 1917
Place of death or woundingWesthoek, Ypres, Belgium
Age at death40
Age at death from cemetery records40
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
177
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Edward Wallace and Margaret DUNCAN, husband of Agnes M. DUNCAN, 13 Erica Avenue East, Malvern, Victoria. Born at Wandiligong, Victoria
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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