DUCKER, Robert William
| Service Number: | 2577 |
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| Enlisted: | 11 June 1915, Brisbane, Qld. |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 9th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Colliery, England, 1890 |
| Home Town: | Mount Morgan, Rockhampton, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Londonderry Boys School England |
| Occupation: | Miner |
| Died: | Died of Wounds, Clearing Station, France, 9 June 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension, Nord III C 117 |
| Memorials: | Mount Morgan Gold Mining Company Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 11 Jun 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2577, 9th Infantry Battalion, Brisbane, Qld. | |
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| 16 Aug 1915: | Involvement Private, 2577, 9th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Kyarra embarkation_ship_number: A55 public_note: '' | |
| 16 Aug 1915: | Embarked Private, 2577, 9th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Kyarra, Brisbane |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Francis Thomas and Elizabeth DUCKER, New Seaham, Sunderland, England
GOD GIVETH HIS BELOVED SLEEP
Mrs. J.B. Elmore, Rockhampton Road, Mount Morgan, has been advised that her brother Private Robert William Ducker, died of wounds received in France on the 9th instant. Private Ducker belonged to the Forty-ninth Battalion. He enlisted on the 21st June 1915, and left Australian on the 9th August of the same hear. He had been in France about eighteen months. He was twenty eight years of age and was native of Durham, England. Private Ducker was a member of the Zingari football team, and prior to enlisting was employed in the Mount Morgan Mine.
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