DUNCAN, Albert
| Service Number: | 171 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 44th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia , 19 July 1877 |
| Home Town: | Perth, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Storeman |
| Died: | Perth Western Australia , 5 December 1938, aged 61 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Karrakatta Cemetery & Crematorium, Western Australia |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 6 Jun 1916: | Involvement Private, 171, 44th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Suevic embarkation_ship_number: A29 public_note: '' | |
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| 6 Jun 1916: | Embarked Private, 171, 44th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Suevic, Fremantle |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Travis Musca
1917
Wounded in action Ypres Belgium 4 October 1917
Text - Ypres 3 October 1917, 700 strong, 44 Btn moved from Poperinghe along the Ypres Road, through Ypres, past the ruins of the Cloth Hall, past Hell Fire Corner and into the Menin Road - littered with dead horses, wrecked buses. Bivoaced in a field. Final arrangements attack on Broodseinde Ridge. 10pm Battalion assembled Hill 40 near Zonnebeke. October 4, 1917 Australians attack the Iron Division and others. 3am to 6am German barrage of shellfire. Casualties numerous. D Coy 44 Battalion lost 50% of their strength in that 3 hours from exploding shells. Attacked 6am, by 10am Broodseinde Ridge had been taken. Casualties 4 officers and 60 men killed, 250 wounded - most in the bombardment prior to attack. Rejoined Battalion 29 November 1917 - active service Etaples, Trouville, Rouelles.
1918
Recommendation for award - Defeat of the US Army at the Hindenburg Line Bony - Bellicourt.
Text - "171 Pte Duncan A. showed great devotion to duty during our offensive of 18 September 1918. On that night he volunteered to guide a party of Americans to his Coy in the front line which he successfully did through heavy shell fire, immediately afterwards returning with a party for rations. This man through the whole action showed great courage."
Source - Eggs a Cook, 1921 edition p.189
1919
Returned to Australia 1 June 1919 per SS Somali (via Southampton).
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