Alexander Grindell DUNCAN

Regimental number10/966
Date of birth11 March 1891
Place of birthNapier
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationCivil engineer
AddressAvoca House, Shakespeare Road, Napier
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation23.6
Height5' 6.75"
Weight142 lbs
Next of kinMrs Minnie Duncan, Burnage, Wynyard Road, Auckland
Previous military serviceServed in the Volunteers and the Territorial Force; not serving in any military unit at time of NZEF enlistment.
Enlistment date13 August 1914
Place of enlistmentNapier
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, Main Body, Wellington Infantry Battalion
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 10 Arawa on 16 October 1914
Final rankCorporal
Final unitWellington Infantry Regiment
Recommendations (Medals and Awards)

FateKilled in Action 7 August 1915
Age at death from cemetery records25
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsChunuk Bair (New Zealand) Memorial (Panel No 18), Gallipoli, Turkey
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Mrs A. Duncan, 133, Liddle Street, Invercargill
Medals

Mention in Despatches

'Mentioned in General I. Hamilton's despatch of the 26th August 1915. (Commander in Chief, Mediterranean Expeditionary Force.'
Source: 'London Gazette' (Supplement)
Date: 5 November 1915

Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Wellington Infantry Batln/Main Body
SourcesArchives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805, File 20999047