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Citation(s);
Military service
Service number:
145457
Age:
20
Rank:
Corporal
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)
Division:
73rd Bn.
Birth:
July 6, 1896
Rockland, Ontario
Enlistment:
November 21, 1915
Ottawa, Ontario
Death:
March 28, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
VII. G. 27.
Additional information
Son of James and Jennie Buck Duncan, of Rockland, Ontario.
Additional citations
Military Medal, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Digital gallery of Corporal John Robert Duncan
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Photo de John Robert Duncan
Newspaper article describing his receipt of medal for bravery and promotion from private to lance-corporal. -
Circonstances du décès
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 443 of 1062.
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Corporal John Robert Duncan
Digital gallery of
Corporal John Robert Duncan
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 231 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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