Ancestor Details

Ancestor's Name: Edward Thomas Duncan

Ancestor's date of birth: 22/03/1877

Ancestor's date of death: 25/11/1957

Cause of Death: Age related stroke

Service and Life Before the Boer War: Born in Whitmore Square Adelaide. He had spent 18 months in the South Australian Permanent Artillery at Fort Largs at the commencement of the Boer War.He was a carpenter by trade.

Service Number: 19

Colony or State of enlistment: SA, Place of Enlistment: Adelaide

Unit: 1^st South Australian Mounted Rifles

Rank attained in Boer War: PTE, Date Effective: 01/11/1899

Highest Rank attained (if served after war): No evidence of post Boer War service.

Murray Page: 345

Contingent: First South Australian

Ship: SS Medic, Date of Sailing: 02/11/1899

Memorial details: Detail not provided

Awards/Decorations/Commendations: Queen's South Africa Medal with Cape Colony, Orange Free State and Johannesburg clasps.

Personal Characteristics: Detail not provided

Reasons to go and fight: Adventure, wishing to exercise his profession of arms and desire to support Britain.

Details of service in war: Service: November 1899 - October 1900 in northern Cape Colony, Free State and in east Transvaal; part of Australian Regiment November 1899-April 1900, converted to mounted rifles December 1899, joined to 2nd SA Mounted Rifles April - October 1900 Edward was invalided home arriving 19-11-1900 probably suffering enteric fever.

Service and life after the Boer War: After returning home he lived quietly in Adelaide, dying in Hope Valley, South Australia in 1957.

Descendant Details

Name of Descendant: Norman Edward Duncan, Myrtle Bank SA
Relationship to Ancestor: Son

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