Colin Andrew DUNCAN

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Service Number:	3293
Enlisted:	9 August 1915, Place of Enlistment, Melbourne, Victoria.
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	1st Machine Gun Company
Born:	Thornborough, North Queensland, Australia, 1 January 1890
Home Town:	Balaclava, Port Phillip, Victoria
Schooling:	Kooboora State School, Queensland, Australia
Occupation:	Blacksmith
Died:	Natural Causes , Northcote, Victoria, Australia, 3 December 1974, aged 84 years
Cemetery:	Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne Plaque in The Victorian Garden of Remembrance.
Memorials:

9 Aug 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3293, 8th Infantry Battalion, Place of Enlistment, Melbourne, Victoria.
11 Oct 1915:	Involvement Private, 3293, 8th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Nestor embarkation_ship_number: A71 public_note: ''
11 Oct 1915:	Embarked Private, 3293, 8th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Nestor, Adelaide
23 Jul 1916:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 3293, Gassed
11 Oct 1917:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 8th Infantry Battalion
19 Mar 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, Gassed.
12 Apr 1918:	Discharged AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 1st Machine Gun Company, Returned to Australia.
6 Jul 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 1st Machine Gun Company

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