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Alexander Duncan

In memory of:

Private Alexander Duncan

August 10, 1918

Military Service

Service Number:

1009932

Age:

38

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry (Saskatchewan Regiment)

Division:

5th Bn.

Additional Information

Born:

November 15, 1884

Son of James and Ann Duncan, of Auchterless, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.

Commemorated on Page 401 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

VILLERS-BRETONNEUX MILITARY CEMETERY
Somme, France

Grave Reference:

IV. BB. 6.

Location:

Villers-Bretonneux is a village 16 kilometres east of Amiens on the straight main road to St Quentin. The Villers-Bretonneux Military Cemetery is about 2 kilometres north of the village on the east side of the road to Fouilloy.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • 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 377 of 1062. He was originally buried in Dury Hospital Military Cemetery, located under the wall of the Asylum near the West side of the Amiens-Dury road. After the Armistice his body was exhumed and buried in VILLERS-BRETONNEUX MILITARY CEMETERY.

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    Circumstances of death registers
    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 377 of 1062. He was originally buried in Dury Hospital Military Cemetery, located under the wall of the Asylum near the West side of the Amiens-Dury road. After the Armistice his body was exhumed and buried in VILLERS-BRETONNEUX MILITARY CEMETERY.

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