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G R Duncan

Commemorated at
Given name
George Robert
Family name
Duncan
Service number
4790
Additional information
Gender
Male
Rank (legacy)
Private
Unit at embarkation
59th Battalion
Service (legacy)
AIF
Conflicts
World War I
Campaign (legacy)
Egypt
Western Front
Fate
Killed in Action 19 July 1916
Decorations (legacy)
British War Medal
Victory Medal
Veteran Notes/Bio

Admitted to No 1 Australian Stationary Hospital, 17 April 1916 (varicocele); discharged, 19 April 1916.

Taken on strength, 55th Bn, Ferry Post, 20 April 1916.

Admitted to 15th Field Ambulance, 13 May 1916 (varicocele); transferred to 2nd Australian Casualty Clearing Station, 16 May 1916; discharged to unit, 17 May 1916.

Taken on strength, 59th Bn, Ferry Post, 18 May 1916.

Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 18 June 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 29 June 1916.

Reported Missing, 19 July 1916.

Court of Enquiry, held in the field, 29 August 1917, pronounced fate as 'Killed in Action, 19 July 1916'.

Handwritten note on Form B103: 'Presume Buried in No Man's Land approx 5J90 43 to 5K02.5.1 Sheet Hazebrouck 5A'.

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