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Military service
Service number:
463982
Age:
40
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (British Columbia Regiment)
Division:
7th Bn.
Birth:
September 4, 1876
Death:
September 23, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Digital gallery of Private Robert Duncan
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Memorial
His name as it is inscribed on the Vimy Memorial. Over 11,000 fallen Canadians having no known place of burial in France, are honoured on this Memorial. May they never be forgotten. (J. Stephens) -
Circumstances of death registers
Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR. Surnames: Duane to Dzhobiewski. Microform Sequence 30; Volume Number 31829_B016739. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 174. Page 459 of 1062. Body not recovered for burial. -
Newspaper clipping
From the Daily Colonist of October 25, 1916. Image taken from web address of https://archive.org/details/dailycolonist58y273uvic/mode/1up?view=theater
Digital gallery of
Private Robert Duncan
Digital gallery of
Private Robert Duncan
Digital gallery of
Private Robert Duncan
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 80 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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