Clarence Kimber DUGGAN

Regimental number10/1801
Date of birth18 March 1891
Place of birthChristchurch
ReligionWesleyan
OccupationPorter
AddressRutland Hotel, Wanganui
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation22.8
Height5' 7"
Weight134 lbs
Next of kinMother, Mrs Lucy Duggan, 240 Cashel Street, Christchurch
Previous military serviceServed in Native Rifles, Christchurch; Corps disbanded; not serving in any military unit at time of NZEF enlistment.
Enlistment date4 January 1915
Place of enlistmentTrentham
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 4th Reinforcements, Wellington Infantry Battalion
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on 17 April 1915
The 4th Reinforcements, Wellington Infantry Battalion, left New Zealand on board three ships (HMNZT 21 'Willochra', HMNZT 22 'Knight Templar', and HMNZT 23 'Waitomo'). It is not possible from the Nominal Roll to determine on which ship an individual embarked.
Final rankPrivate
Final unitWellington Infantry Regiment
FateKilled in Action 8 August 1915
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsChunuk Bair (New Zealand) Memorial (Panel No 20), Gallipoli, Turkey
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Mother: the late Mrs L. Duggan, 223 Karangahape Road, Auckland
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Joined Bn at Gallipoli, 9 June 1915.

Reported missing, 8 August 1915.

Board of Enquiry, held at Moascar Camp, Ismailia, 16 January 1916, concluded: Previously reported missing, 8 August 1915, now believed to be dead, Dardanelles, 8 Ausgust 1915.'

War service: 217 days (of which 114 days were abroad)

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Wellington Infantry Batln/Fourth
SourcesArchives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805, File 20999019