Duncan Edward MCLEOD

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MCLEOD, Duncan Edward

Service Number:	1743
Enlisted:	26 February 1916
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	57th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Mornington, Victoria, Australia , January 1892
Home Town:	Williamstown (Vic), Hobsons Bay, Victoria
Schooling:	Williamstown State School, Victoria, Australia
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	War related injuries , Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 24 September 1926
Cemetery:	Williamstown (General) Cemetery, Victoria, Australia
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World War 1 Service

26 Feb 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1743, 57th Infantry Battalion
4 Apr 1916:	Embarked Private, 1743, 57th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Melbourne
4 Apr 1916:	Involvement Private, 1743, 57th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '20' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: ''
24 May 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 58th Infantry Battalion
20 Sep 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 59th Infantry Battalion
10 Oct 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 57th Infantry Battalion
23 Jan 1918:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 1743, 57th Infantry Battalion, 3rd MD

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Biography contributed by Evan Evans

How We Served

The final resting place for;- 1743 Duncan Edward McLeod (aka Duncan Andrews) of Newport, Victoria who had been employed as a laborer when he enlisted for War Service on the 6th of March 1916 and was allocated to reinforcements for the 57th Battalion 1st AIF and was embarked for Egypt and further training on the 4th of April.

Following his arrival in Egypt, Duncan was formally taken on strength with his Brigade and was embarked for England where he arrived on the 23rd of June. After further training Duncan arrived in France, and after a short period at Etaples he entered the trenches on the 30th of September where he was firstly allotted to the 59th Battalion before being returned to the 57th Battalion on the 10th of October. Duncan would remain on duty until he was evacuated for treatment for influenza on the 1st of May 1917 just as his Battalion were being prepared to take part in operations at Bullecourt.

By the 11th of May he had been returned to England for hospitalization for what was now deemed to be trench fever and whilst in convalescence it was discovered he was suffering a pre-existent foot and leg injury which he had not disclosed when he enlisted for service. This had now been exuberant by active service, and Duncan was deemed unfit and was repatriated as an invalid, departing England bound for Australia on the 19th of October. Having returned he was admitted into the 11th Australian General Hospital for further treatment following which he received his formal discharge from the 1st AIF for his re-entry into civilian life on the 23rd of January 1918.

On the 13th of April 1918 Duncan again presented himself for War Service and enlisted under the assumed name of Duncan Andrews but the preexistence of the injury to his foot and leg again caused him to be hospitalized and whilst being treated at the 5th Australian General Hospital (Melbourne) it was discovered he had already been discharged as medically unfit for service, and was again discharged from the 1st AIF.

Duncan’s premature death occurred on the 24th of September 1926 following which he was interred within Williamstown Cemetery, Victoria

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