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DUNCAN, James Malcolm
(Service number 7/804)

Aliases
First Rank	Quartermaster Sergeant	Last Rank	Trooper

Birth

Date	28 October 1874	Place of Birth	Christchurch, New Zealand

Enlistment Information

Date	17 December 1914	Age	35
Address at Enlistment	C/o K.D. Meyer, Waituna, Waimate, New Zealand
Occupation	Farmer
Previous Military Experience	South African War (1899-1902): 6th NZ Contingent, discharged in 1903.
Marital Status	Single
Next of Kin	Captain Frederick John Duncan (brother), Pilot, Dunedin Harbour Board, New Zealand
Religion	Roman Catholic
Medical Information	False Upper Teeth, Fit for service

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in	Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation	3rd Reinforcements
Unit, Squadron, or Ship	Canterbury Mounted Rifles
Date	14 February 1915
Transport	Maunganui Or Tahiti Or Aparima
Embarked From	Wellington	Destination	Egypt

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With	Canterbury Mounted Rifles

Military Awards

Campaigns	Balkans (Gallipoli)
Service Medals	South African Queen's Medal and clasps for Cape Colony, Orange Free State, and Transvaal; 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Military Awards

Award Circumstances and Date

No information

Prisoner of War Information

Date of Capture
Where Captured and by Whom
Actions Prior to Capture
PoW Serial Number
PoW Camps
Days Interned
Liberation Date

Discharge

Date		Reason

Hospitals, Wounds, Diseases and Illnesses

28 August 1915 - reported missing 14 January 1916 - declared missing, believed dead at a Court of Enquiry.

Post-war Occupations

Death

Date	28 August 1915	Age	45
Place of Death	Gallipoli, Turkey
Cause	Killed In action
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery	Hill 60 (New Zealand) Memorial, Hill 60 Cemetery, Turkey
Memorial Reference
New Zealand Memorials	On Memorial wall, Timaru

Biographical Notes

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [4/09/2013]; NZ Defence Force Personnel Records (Archives NZ Ref. AABK 18805 W5515 0001597) [4/8/2013]; CWGC (8/9/2013);

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Patrina Buchanan

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