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DUFF, Robert William
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 63 |
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| Enlisted: | 24 August 1914, Sydney, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Driver |
| Last Unit: | 1st Light Horse Regiment |
| Born: | Jenolan Caves, NSW, 1880 |
| Home Town: | Waverley, Waverley, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Suicide, Doran Street, South Kensington, NSW, 24 January 1933 |
| Cemetery: |
Rookwood Cemeteries & Crematorium, New South Wales Zone A Presbyterian Section 5F Grave 3126 |
| Memorials: | North Sydney Tramways Pictorial Honour Roll |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 24 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Driver, 63, 1st Light Horse Regiment, Sydney, NSW | |
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| 20 Oct 1914: | Involvement Driver, 63, 1st Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Star of Victoria embarkation_ship_number: A16 public_note: '' | |
| 20 Oct 1914: | Embarked Driver, 63, 1st Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Star of Victoria, Sydney |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Husband of Mrs Helen Ethel Duff, 17 Brisbane Street, Waverley, New South Wales
SON'S STORY TO
CORONER.
FATHER WAS DESEPONDENT
How he found his father, Robert William Duff, 53, overcome by gas in the kitchen of his home in Doran Street, South Kensington on the morning of January 24, was told by Robert Horace Duff to the City Coroner yesterday. Duff said his father was a returned soldier and suffered from shell shock and from the effects of having been gassed at the war. For two months prior to his death he had been very despondent.
The Coroner returned a verdict of suicide.
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