Great War Dundee
This is Dundee's story of those that served in the First World War, and of the people left at home
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John Smith Duncan
Military Information
- Date of enlistment:
- Place of enlistment: Dundee
- Service no: 30385
- Rank: Private
- Service Occupation:
- Awards:
- Regiment/Service: Highland Light Infantry
- Unit/Ship: 7th Battalion
- Place of Death: France and Flanders
- Age at Death:
- Date of Death: 27.08.1918
- Burial Country: France
- Cemetery: Vis-en-Artois Memorial
- Grave/Mem Ref no: Panel 9 and 10
Personal Information
- Date of Birth:
- Place of Birth: Dundee
- Address: 49 Victoria Rd, Dundee
- Occupation:
- Mother:
Jemima Duncan 71 Oxford St, Sydney, Australia
- Father:
Andrew Duncan
- Siblings:
- Spouse:
- Children:
More about John Smith Duncan
SNWM has 6th Bn, CWGC has 7th Bn, while SDGW has two entries, one for each battalion. His name appears on the City of Dundee WWI Roll of Honour (ID No.1494).
John Smith Duncan 30385 Highland Light Infantry
DUNCAN―Killed in action, on the 27th of August, 1918, Private John Smith Duncan, H.L.I., eldest son of the late Andrew Duncan and of Mrs Duncan, 49 Victoria Street, Dundee.
Dundee Evening Telegraph 1st October 1918
Additional information kindly supplied by Michael Caldwell
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