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Lieutenant Andrew Warwick Duncan

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PERSONAL INFORMATION

Date of birth: 1890-05-06
Place of birth: Kells County Antrim Ireland Ireland
Next of kin: Archibald Duncan, (Father), Kells County Antrim, Ireland
Marital status: single
Occupation (attested): Broker
Address: Swastika, Ontario
Religion: Presbyterian
Date of death: 1917-04-09
Cause of death: Killed in action
Buried: Villers Station Cemetery, IX. A. 3.

MILITARY INFORMATION

Regimental number: NA
Highest Rank: Lieutenant (38th Battalion)
Rank detail
  1. Lieutenant, 38th Battalion, Infantry (Army). 1916-12-07 to 1917-04-09
  2. Lieutenant (Army). 1916-01-01 to 1916-12-08
Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: no
Battle wounded/killed: During a successful attack on Vimy Ridge shortly after the objectives were gained, he was struck in the heart by an enemy bullet and died almost immediately. Previously reported Missing, believed Killed, now Killed in Action.
Awards

Military Cross
Description: For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty when in command of a raiding party. He gallantly led his men into the enemy trench, in spite of heavy fire, and carried out the task allocated to him with conspicuous success

Date of award: 1917-04-17
Source: London Gazette, Canadian Gazette 2 June 1917 P4224

British War Medal

Victory Medal

RESEARCH INFORMATION

CVWM ID: No CVWM ID in our database, but try this.
CWGC ID: 59594
LAC ID: 366200
Attestation record(s): image 1
Service file: B2727-S068
Uploader's Notes:

Son of Archibald Duncan, of Carnearney Kells, Co. Antrim, Ireland.

Militia: 97th Algonquin Rifles

Uploader's Research notes:

War diary of 38th Battalion states that the following were buried at Chateau de la Haie Cemetery on April 16th by Capt. Clarke:

Acting Major (Lieutenant) Edward Cecil Horatio Moore ,
Capt. H.F. Hill
Lieut. A.W. Duncan, and Lieut. R.H.M. Jolliffe

Details of death from Ancestry.com which includes a digitized image of the casualty form from the "Canada, War Graves Registers (Circumstances of Casualty), 1914-1948” database. Date of death was incorrectly transcribed and a correction request has been submitted to Ancestry.com

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ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Date added: 2004-09-04
Last modified: 2019-03-13