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William Henry DUNCAN

Regimental number11328
Date of birth16 March 1886
Place of birthBrisbane, Queensland
SchoolEton State School, Queensland
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationButcher
AddressMackay, Queensland
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation30
Next of kinWife, Mrs A Duncan, Pinnacle via Walkerstone, Mackay, Queensland
Enlistment date5 February 1916
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll5 February 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit nameDepot Unit of Supply 11
AWM Embarkation Roll number25/109/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A64 Demosthenes on 18 May 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll11th Depot Unit of Supply
FateDied of disease 16 February 1919
Age at death32
Place of burialLes Baraques Military Cemetery (Plot VIII, Row D, Grave No. 4A0, Sangatte, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
181
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Charles and Margaret DUNCAN, husband of Mrs DUNCAN, Pinnacle Hotel, Pinnacle, Mackay, Queensland. Native of Mackay
Other details

War service: Western Front

Embarked Sydney, 18 May 1916; disembarked Plymouth, England, 20 July 1916.

On leave to United Kingdom, 3 November 1917; rejoined unit from leave, 17 november 1917.

Admitted to 30th General Hospital, 14 February 1919 (influenza; dangerously ill); died, 16 February 1919.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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