Duncan Campbell AFFLECK

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AFFLECK, Duncan Campbell

Service Number:	3451
Enlisted:	23 August 1915
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	59th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Warragul, Victoria, Australia , 1884
Home Town:	Warragul, Baw Baw, Victoria
Schooling:	Warragul State School, Victoria
Occupation:	Farm Hand
Died:	Killed in Action, Fleurbaix, France, 19 July 1916
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, V.C. Corner Australian Cemetery Memorial, Warragul Great European War Roll of Honor, Warragul War Memorial

World War 1 Service

23 Aug 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, Depot Battalion
29 Dec 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3451, 21st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Demosthenes embarkation_ship_number: A64 public_note: ''
29 Dec 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 3451, 21st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Demosthenes, Melbourne
19 Jul 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3451, 59th Infantry Battalion, Fromelles (Fleurbaix), --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 3451 awm_unit: 59th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1916-07-19

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Biography

21 Battalion

Rank - Private

26 February 1916 - Taken on strength of 60th Bn, Tel el Kebir

15 March 1916 - Transferred to 59th Bn

15 March 1916 - Taken on strength of 59th Bn, Tel el Kebir

18 June 1916 - Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force

29 June 1916 - Disembarked Marseilles, France

19 July 1916 - Posted missing

29 August 1917 - Court of Enquiry, held in the field decided fate as 'Killed in Action, 19 July 1916'. Gunshot wounds to abdomen

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

Son of Charles Stewart AFFLECK and Jemima Vans HALL, of "Killiecrankie," Queen St., Warragul, Victoria.

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