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DUNCAN, David Short
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 4476 |
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| Enlisted: | 28 February 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 28th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Perth, Scotland, date not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Marvel Loch, Yilgarn, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 4 August 1916, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Commemorated on the VILLERS-BRETONNEUX MEMORIAL, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 28 Feb 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4476, 28th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 31 Mar 1916: | Involvement Private, 4476, 28th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Shropshire embarkation_ship_number: A9 public_note: '' | |
| 31 Mar 1916: | Embarked Private, 4476, 28th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Shropshire, Fremantle |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Robert Kearney
Enlisted under alias James Moir
Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
Date of enlistment: 29.02.1916
Place of enlistment: Blackboy Hill WA
In a Statutory Declaration, 15 January 1917, his sister, Annie Short TAYLOR, said that he 'deserted about eighteen months ago and enlisted again as James Moir'.
His name is recorded on the Dundee Roll of Honour.
Son of John and Jessie Short Duncan.
David was the brother of Sapper Peter Short Duncan, 4316, 3rd Tunnelling Company, Australian Engineers.
Brother-in-law: 858 Corporal William Russell TAYLOR, 2nd Tunnelling Company, returned to Australia, 1 June 1919.