Duncan, Leonard Mortimer

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Book of Remembrance entry

Arts I I : Private, 2nd Batt., A.I.F., Egypt and France. Enlisting in October, 1915, and sailing 22nd December, served with battn. on Suez Canal. Transferred to Machine Gun Section and, crossing to France, served in Pozieres sector till death. Killed in Action, Pozieres, 23rd July, 1916. Commemorated in Villers-Bretonneux Memorial. Early education at Byron Bay Public and Lismore District Schools.

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1896

Birth in Byron Bay -- NSW, Australia 1896
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Early education at Byron Bay Public School, Byron Bay, NSW, Australia
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Early education at Lismore District School, Lismore, NSW, Australia
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Tertiary education at University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW, Australia
1915

Tertiary education at Sydney Teachers College, Camperdown, NSW, Australia 1915
1915

Enlisted 1 Oct 1915
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Military service as Private at Egypt --, Egypt ; France --, France
1916

Death in Pozières -- Somme, France 23 July 1916

Gender

Male

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Portrait of Private Leonard Mortimer Duncan [ JPG ]

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