DUNCAN H.V.
Given Names: Horace Victor
Service Number: 522
Unit: 29th Battalion, B Company
Rank: Private
Paybook Number: 190945
Age: 25 Yrs 7 Mths
Occupation: Plumber (Metropolitan Gas Co.)
Marital Status: Single
Religion: Presbyterian
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Height: 5 Ft 6 In
Weight: 174 Lbs
Chest: 37-39 In
Hair: Curly Brown
Eyes: Blue
Complexion: Fresh
ENLISTMENT
Date Enlisted: 13/7/1915
Place: Melbourne
Next of Kin: FATHER Archibald Duncan
Packenham Street, Kew, Victoria
Embarkation Date: 10/11/1915
Port: Melbourne
Ship: HMAT Ascanius A11
END OF WAR
Status: Killed in action
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MEDALS AND AWARDS
14/15 Star: 21599
British War Medal: 27922
Victory Medal: 27744
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BIRTH
Date or Year: 1890
Place: Clifton Hill, Victoria
Father: Archibald David DUNCAN
Mother: Dora JENKIN
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DEATH
Date or Year: 29/8/1918
Place: Barleux, France
Burial: Assevillers New British Cemetery, France
SERVICE RECORD HIGHLIGHTS
Suffered trench feet in Dec 1916
KIA - At 10am advancing across open field when killed instantly by a shell
MEMORIALS
Kew War Memorial
Kew State School
Australian War Memorial
Memorial Plaque: 351057
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