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DUNCAN, Claude Valentine
Personal Details
| Service Numbers: | Not yet discovered |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Captain |
| Last Unit: | 21st Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Sale, Victoria, Australia, 4 May 1884 |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Armadale, Victoria, Australia, 20 May 1960, aged 76 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne Remains were cremated and scattered. |
| Memorials: |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 29 Mar 1916: | Involvement Lieutenant, 21st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: RMS Orontes embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
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| 29 Mar 1916: | Embarked Lieutenant, 21st Infantry Battalion, RMS Orontes, Melbourne | |
| 9 Jun 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Captain, 21st Infantry Battalion, Saw service in France and England from 1916 to 1919. Wounded in France. | |
| 7 Nov 1917: | Honoured Mention in Dispatches, Mentioned In Despatches The following is a continuation of Sir Douglas Haig’s Despatch of the 7th of November, submitting names deserving special mention, published in a supplement to the “London Gazette” on Friday 29th December 1917 – Captain C. V. Duncan | |
| 14 Jan 1920: | Discharged AIF WW1, Captain, Medals: British War Medal and Victory Medal |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Sandra Barry
Claude was the son of Thomas Duncan and Fanny Duncan nee Mogg.
In 1942 Claude married Sister Grace Edith Mogg.