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DUNCAN, Percy Charles
| Service Number: | 3675 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 32nd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Peterhead, South Australia, 22 October 1888 |
| Home Town: | Queenstown, Port Adelaide Enfield, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Alberton Public School |
| Occupation: | Striker |
| Died: | Albert Park, South Australia, 5 April 1963, aged 74 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Adelaide South Australian Railways WW1 & WW2 Honour Boards, Queenstown Alberton Public School Great War Honor Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 12 Aug 1916: | Involvement Private, 3675, 32nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Ballarat embarkation_ship_number: A70 public_note: '' | |
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| 12 Aug 1916: | Embarked Private, 3675, 32nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ballarat, Adelaide |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Adelaide Botanic High School
Percy Charles Duncan was born in Sandwell, Port Adelaide, South Australia, on 22 October 1888. Before Percy's time in the army, he was a well-trained striker. On 12 Aug 1916, Percy Embarked enlisted as a Private with a Service Number of 3675. He was part of the 32nd Infantry Battalion and left Adelaide on HMAT Ballarat. While training in England he became sick with rheumatism and was returned to Australia in 1917 without ever seeing the front.
Percy died on 5 April 1963. He was married to Alice Carr Jane who sadly died ten years later. They had three children: Rixon Alice Duncan, Jessie Mackay, and their youngest Harold William Duncan who sadly passed away two years after his birth.
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