Ebenezer Herbert DUNCAN

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DUNCAN, Ebenezer Herbert

Service Number:	NX38649
Enlisted:	14 July 1941
Last Rank:	Lieutenant
Last Unit:	Not yet discovered
Born:	SYDNEY, NSW, 24 March 1919
Home Town:	Not yet discovered
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Died:	Accidental, Australia, 22 August 1944, aged 25 years
Cemetery:	Rookwood Cemetery & Crematorium U B 16, Sydney War Cemetery, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Lieutenant, NX38649
14 Jul 1941:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Lieutenant, NX38649

Soldier Killed In Rugby Game

25 August 1944
SYDNEY, Thursday.— A game of Rugby, proved fatal to a member of the Defence Forces yesterday. He was Lieut. Ebenezer Herbert Duncan, 25 years, the game was between two Defence Force teams, and Duncan was tacked early by two other players, Although he was not dragged to the ground, it is believed that he struck his head on one of the tackler's knees. The impact of the blow fractured his skull, but he continued to play with his hand supporting his head. At half-time he was unable to carry on. At 5,30 he died from a fractured skull in a military hospital.

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