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Record Detail |
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| Full Name: |
William Munro Duncan |
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| Rank Last Held: |
Lieutenant |
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| Forename(s): |
William Munro |
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| Surname: |
Duncan |
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| War: |
World War I, 1914-1918 |
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| Serial No.: |
3/667 |
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| Date of Birth: |
20 July 1893 |
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| Place of Birth: |
Petone, Wellington, New Zealand |
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| First Known Rank: |
Sergeant |
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| Occupation before Enlistment: |
Shorthand Typist for the New Zealand Government Railways Department |
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| Next of Kin: |
G. Duncan (father), 160 Hutt Road, Petone, Wellington, New Zealand |
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| Marital Status: |
Single |
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| Enlistment Address: |
160 Hutt Road, Petone, New Zealand |
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| Enlistment Date: |
19 May 1915 |
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| Age on Enlistment: |
21 |
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| Military District: |
Wellington |
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| Body on Embarkation: |
5th Reinforcements |
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| Embarkation Unit: |
No. 2 New Zealand Stationary Hospital |
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| Embarkation Date: |
13 June 1915 |
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| Place of Embarkation: |
Wellington, New Zealand |
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| Transport: |
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| Vessel: |
Maunganui or Tahiti or Aparima |
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| Destination: |
Suez, Egypt (24 July - 6 August 1915) |
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| Page on Nominal Roll: |
203 |
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| Military Awards: |
Mentioned in Despatches (MiD) |
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| Last Unit Served: |
New Zealand Medical Corps |
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| Place of Death: |
United Kingdom |
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| Date of Death: |
15 July 1918 |
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| Age at Death: |
25 |
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| Year of Death: |
1918 |
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| Cause of Death: |
Died of disease |
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| Cemetery Name: |
Brockenhurst (St Nicholas) Churchyard, Hampshire, England |
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| Grave Reference: |
A. 4. 18. |
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| Biographical Notes: |
- Son of George and Alexanderina Duncan, of Glen Urquhart, Inverness, Scotland.
- William Duncan was promoted to Warrant Officer, Class 1 on 15 September 1915, after arrival in Egypt. He spent the next nine months working at the New Zealand Auxiliary Hospital at Moascar and the NZGH at Cairo. (Church, p. 76)
- In June 1916 he was posted to England and left Alexandria on board the Dover Castle bound for Southampton. By June he was staff at No.1 NZGH, Brockenhurst. (Church, p. 77)
- "On 29 may William Duncan left for France for duties in the Field at Messines. He received a second accolade on 7 August when he was brought to the notice of the Secretary of State for war 'for valuable services rendered in connection with the War.'"(Church, p. 77)
- William Duncan contracted influenza, which developed into tubercular meningitis, and was transferred to the Royal Victoria Hospital at Netley where he he died.
- The Auckland Museum Library's manuscripts collection contains a war memoir by Raymond Danvers Baker that contains a possible mention of William Duncan. [Ref. MS 2010/20]
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| Description of Image: |
NZ Hospital Brockenhurst, Hampshire, England. |
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| Archives NZ source: |
Military personnel file |
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| Further References: |
- Photograph of Lt. Duncan appeared in the Auckland Weekly News, 29 August 1918, p. 42.
- Baker, Raymond Danvers. Memoir and papers relating to war service, 1912 - 1968. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS 2010/20.
- No 1 New Zealand General Hospital, Brockenhurst
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| Sources Used: |
- Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume I. Wellington: Govt. Printer, 1914-1919
- Church, C. (2002). New Zealand graves at Brockenhurst : 93 New Zealand soldiers remembered from World War One. Lymington, Hampshire: The author.
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