William Munro Duncan

Forenames

William Munro AWMM

Surname

Duncan AWMM

Service number

WWI 3/667 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Birth

• 20 Jul 1893 AWMM
• 1892-1893 Kiwi Jocks Research
  Scotland AWMM

Address before enlistment

Pre 19 May 1915 AWMM 160 Hutt Road, Petone, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

G. Duncan (father), 160 Hutt Road, Petone, Wellington, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Pre 13 Jun 1915 AWMM Single AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 3/667 AWMM

Medals and Awards

• Victory Medal AWMM
• British War Medal (1914-1920) AWMM
• Brought to notice of the Secretary of State for War (S.) AWMM
  Sergeant-Major, New Zealand Medical Corps Communiqe from the War Office, 24 February 1917 Brought to notice of the Secretary of State for War for valuable services rendered in connection with the WarSergeant-Major, New Zealand Medical Corps Communiqe from the War Office, 7 August 1917 Brought to notice of the Secretary of State for War for valuable services rendered in connection with the War. Died of disease United Kingdom 15 July 1918 AWMM
• Mentioned in Despatches (MiD) AWMM
  London Gazette 21 June 1916, p6184 In connection with administration in Egypt. AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 19 May 1915 AWMM
Age  21 AWMM
Shorthand Typist/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

WW1 13 Jun 1915-24 Jul 1915 AWMM
HMNZT 24 AWMM Vessel was Maunganui AWMM Sergeant AWMM No. 2 New Zealand Stationary Hospital AWMM 5th Reinforcements AWMM

Medical notes

Died of Disease, Cause of Death AWMM
Tuberculosis Meningitis AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Lieutenant/Military AWMM
New Zealand Medical Corps AWMM

Death

15 Jul 1918 AWMM
Age  25 AWMM

Cause of death

Died of Disease AWMM

Cemetery

Brockenhurst (St Nicholas) Churchyard, Hampshire, England AWMM A. 4. 18. AWMM

Memorial name

Railways Roll of Honour board. Wellington Railway Station, Pipitea, Wellington 6011. AWMM

Related objects

External links

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R20999273
  Further Reference
• Website: No 1 New Zealand General Hospital, Brockenhurst
  http://southernlife.org.uk/nzindex.htm
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/362554/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/362554
  Further Reference
• Netley (Military) Hospital Roll of Remembrance
  https://www.netleyabbeymatters.co.uk/
  Further Reference

References

• McDonald, W. (2013). Honours and Awards to the New Zealand Expeditionary Force in the Great War, 1914-1918. (3rd ed.). Hamilton, N.Z.: Richard Stowers.
• Church, C. (2002). New Zealand graves at Brockenhurst : 93 New Zealand soldiers remembered from World War One. Hampshire, England: Author.
• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  p. 203
• Auckland Weekly News
  Photograph, 29 August 1918, p. 42.
• Baker, Raymond Danvers. Memoir and papers relating to war service, 1912 - 1968. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2010-20.
• Beattie, P.J. & Pomeroy, M. (2013-2020). Onward : portraits of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (vols 1-5). Auckland, New Zealand: Fair Dinkum Publications
  Vol. 2: Includes portrait
• Colin M. Gordon Album (1915-1918). Auckland War Memorial Museum - Tāmaki Paenga Hira PH-ALB-376.
• Unknown, photographer (1915-1916). [Agnes (Peggy) Williams photograph album]. Auckland War Memorial Museum - Tāmaki Paenga Hira PH-2017-2-3.
• Information kindly provided by family
• Kiwi Jocks or Scottish-born New Zealand soldiers in the NZEF. Information kindly provided by Andrew Nixon, Scotland between 2009 and 2010.
• Carbery, A.R.D. (1924). The New Zealand Medical Service in the Great War, 1914-1918 : based on official documents. Auckland: Whitcombe & Tombs.
• New Zealand General Hospital. (1916). Hohipera journal, 1(1), 1 April 1916.