DUNCAN, Ernest William
| Service Number: | 5495 |
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| Enlisted: | 23 October 1914, 3rd Reinforcements (12th Company ASC) |
| Last Rank: | Driver |
| Last Unit: | 10th Light Horse Regiment |
| Born: | Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia, 12 May 1890 |
| Home Town: | Port Melbourne, Port Phillip, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Port Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 5 May 1953, aged 62 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Coburg Pine Ridge Cemetery, Victoria, Australia Area Catholic - Section 7 - Grave Number X626 |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 23 Oct 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5495, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, 3rd Reinforcements (12th Company ASC) | |
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| 2 Feb 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 5495, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A51 Chilka on 2 February 1915 | |
| 29 Mar 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Driver, 10th Light Horse Regiment | |
| 20 Aug 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Driver, 5495, 10th Light Horse Regiment |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Robyn Watters
Ernie Duncan was the fourth child out of nine born to parents Bill and Sarah Duncan.
Ernie was thirty when he married the widow forty-one year old Lydia Johanna Stratton in 1920. Lydia brought seven children from her first marriage to Arthur Douglas Davis (circa 1879 – 16 January 1915) and she and Ernie had another three of their own.
Who was Ernie? He was a labourer living in Port Melbourne most of his life and undertook World War 1 Army service.
He was generous enough to marry and take on a significantly older widow with seven children. Instant family life no doubt helped by being brought up in a large family himself. Ernie was well thought of by his siblings too.
Modest education, aspirations and a working-class upbringing with attendant struggles but apparently enjoying a happy family life. He clearly made other people happy too.
Remembered with Honour
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