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James DUNCAN

Regimental number4629
Place of birthMontrose, Scotland
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationSeaman
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation24
Next of kinFriend, W Kenley, Hamilton Hill, South Fremantle, Western Australia
Enlistment date8 October 1915
Place of enlistmentHolsworthy, New South Wales
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name2nd Battalion, 14th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/19/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board RMS Osterley on 15 January 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll2nd Battalion
FateReturned to Australia 31 January 1919
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Photo: Andrew Richardson
Discharge date11 May 1919
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Commenced return to Australia on board HT 'Ceramic', 31 January 1919; arrived Melbourne, 14 March 1919, for onward travel by boat to Sydney; discharged (medically unfit), Sydney, 11 May 1919.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
Date of death3 February 1945
Place of burialRookwood Necropolis, Sydney, New South Wales
SourcesNAA: B2455, DUNCAN James

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