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Robert Gordon DUNCAN

Regimental number1060
Place of birthClifton Hill, Victoria
SchoolCouburg and Moreland State Schools, Victoria
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationTelephone linesman
AddressVictoria Coffee Palace, Collins Street, Melbourne, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation23
Next of kinFather, Alfred A Duncan, Vaccine Depot, Royal Park, Melbourne, Victoria
Previous military serviceServed on H.M.A.S. Parramatta 1910.
Enlistment date17 July 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name30th Battalion, A Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/47/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A72 Beltana on 9 November 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll30th Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularHe was wounded at Armentieres 19th July 1916.
FateDied of wounds 3 February 1918
Place of death or woundingUnknown
Age at death26
Age at death from cemetery records26
Place of burialTrois-Arbres Cemetery (Plot II, Row D, Grave No. 17), Steenwerck, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
117
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Alfred Alexander and Mary DUNCAN, The Vaccine Depot, Parkville, Victoria. Native of Coburg
Family/military connectionsThree cousins served.

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