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Military service
Age:
23
Rank:
Captain
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Alberta Regiment)
Division:
10th Bn.
Birth:
January 24, 1892
New Lowell, Ontario
Enlistment:
August 25, 1914
Valcartier, Québec
Death:
May 22, 1915
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
VIII. G. 1.
Additional information
Son of Reverend George Petrie Duncan, of St. Andrew's Manse, Port Credit, Ontario and Helena Vicia Duncan (nee Goodwin). His brother Captain Alan Barrie Duncan, 75th Battalion, also fell on 29 November 1918.
Digital gallery of Captain George Gordon Duncan
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Newspaper Clipping
From the Toronto Star. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Newspaper Clipping
From the Toronto Star. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Newspaper Clipping
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Roll of Service
From the "University of Toronto / Roll of Service 1914-1918", published in 1921. -
Newspaper Clipping
The Varsity War Supplement, University of Toronto, July 1915. -
Honour Roll
Honour Roll from The Varsity War Supplement, University of Toronto, July 1915. -
Press Clipping
Captain George Gordon Duncan is mentioned in this article about his brother. -
Circumstances of death registers
Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR. Surnames: Duane to Dzhobiewski. Microform Sequence 30; Volume Number 31829_B016739. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 174. Page 411 of 1062. He was buried in LE PLANTIN CEMETERY (WELSH CHAPEL), FESTUBERT. After the Armistice his body, and those of 3 other Canadian soldiers buried there were exhumed and buried in BROWN'S ROAD MILITARY CEMETERY, FESTUBERT. -
Memorial
The Golden Book (Canadian Military Institute, 1927) -
Memorial
The Golden Book (Canadian Military Institute, 1927) -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram April 1915. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram May 1915. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Memorial
Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
Digital gallery of
Captain George Gordon Duncan
Digital gallery of
Captain George Gordon Duncan
Digital gallery of
Captain George Gordon Duncan
Digital gallery of
Captain George Gordon Duncan
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 13 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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BROWN'S ROAD MILITARY CEMETERY, FESTUBERT. Pas de Calais, France
Festubert is a village about 6 kilometres east of Bethune and BROWN'S ROAD MILITARY CEMETERY is a little south-west of the village and just west of the road from Festubert to Givenchy.
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