James Francis DUNCAN

DUNCAN, James Francis

    Service Numbers: 711, 1106, 1325
    Enlisted: 2 February 1901
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 13th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1880
    Home Town: Manly, Manly Vale, New South Wales
    Schooling: Christian Brothers College, St Kilda, Victoria
    Occupation: Tailor
    Died: Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Turkey, 16 May 1915
    Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
    Panel 20, Lone Pine Memorial.
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing
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    Boer War Service

    1 Oct 1899: Involvement Trooper, 711, 2nd New South Wales Mounted Rifles
    1 Oct 1899: Involvement Trooper, 1106, 3rd New South Wales Imperial Bushmen
    1 Oct 1899: Involvement Trooper, 1106, 3rd New South Wales Imperial Bushmen
    2 Feb 1901: Enlisted Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Trooper, 711, 2nd New South Wales Mounted Rifles
    15 Mar 1901: Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Trooper, 711, 2nd New South Wales Mounted Rifles, SS Custodian, Sydney
    4 May 1902: Enlisted Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Trooper, 1106, 3rd New South Wales Imperial Bushmen, Klerksdorp, Transvaal - transferred from 2nd New South Wales Mounted Rifles
    4 May 1902: Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Trooper, 711, 2nd New South Wales Mounted Rifles, Transferred to 3rd New South Wales Imperial Bushmen
    13 Nov 1902: Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Trooper, 1106, 3rd New South Wales Imperial Bushmen, SS Medic, Capetown for return to Australia - disembarking Sydney 12 December 1902

    World War 1 Service

    19 Aug 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1325, 3rd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Randwick, NSW
    20 Oct 1914: Embarked Private, 1325, 3rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Sydney
    20 Oct 1914: Involvement Private, 1325, 3rd Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: ''
    25 Apr 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1325, 3rd Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli
    16 May 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1325, 13th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli

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    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    Son of Joseph Duncan and Elizabeth Duncan nee Dowdle of Melbourne

    Husband of Linda May Duncan nee Dyball of 'Cooma', Panorama Parade, Seaforth, Manly, NSW. James and Linda were married in 1907c. Father of Dorothy Duncan

    Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

    Also served in the Boer War

    Known to have played in a band

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