DUGGAN, George
| Service Number: | 7224 |
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| Enlisted: | 21 February 1917 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 4th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Paterson, New South Wales, Australia, 28 November 1885 |
| Home Town: | Newcastle, Hunter Region, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, 6 May 1950, aged 64 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Sandgate General Cemetery, Newcastle, NSW PRESBYTERIAN-B10. 16 |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 21 Feb 1917: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 7224, 4th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 24 Apr 1917: | Involvement Private, 7224, 4th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Suffolk embarkation_ship_number: A23 public_note: '' | |
| 24 Apr 1917: | Embarked Private, 7224, 4th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Suffolk, Sydney | |
| 11 Apr 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 7224, 4th Infantry Battalion, German Spring Offensive 1918, GSW right foot & buttock, severe | |
| 13 Aug 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 7224, 4th Infantry Battalion, 2nd MD due to wounding |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
From Gary Mitchell, Australia and New Zealand in WWI
Served in The Great War, resting at Sandgate Cemetery.
70 years ago today, on the Tuesday afternoon of the 16th May 1950, Private George Singleton Duggan, 4th Battalion, labourer from 6 Tyrrell Street, Newcastle, New South Wales, was laid to rest at Sandgate Cemetery, age 64. PRESBYTERIAN-B10. 16.
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article135292403
Born at Paterson, New South Wales on the 28th November 1885 to William and Elizabeth Duggan; husband of Annie L Duggan nee Hayward (married 1924, died?), George enlisted February 1917 at Newcastle, N.S.W.
Wounded in action - 11.4.1918 (GSW right foot & buttock, severe - http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article140974255), George returned home July 1919.
I have not located Mr Duggan’s name inscribed on any known War Memorial or Roll of Honour.
George had been resting in an unmarked grave, forgotten, so October 2016 I placed a cross adorned with poppies on the gravesite, taken a photo of the grave and uploaded the photo onto the Northern Cemetery website as a permanent record of his service.
http://sandgate.northerncemeteries.com.au/index.php/war-heroes/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=103&aso=exact&s_f=id&data_search=458977#grave-photo-1
Older brother Bernard Sidney (Reg No-7324, 4th Battalion, born 1883, died 1927) also resting at the cemetery.
Lest We Forget.
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