Regimental number | 6243 |
Date of birth | |
Place of birth | North Adelaide, South Australia |
School | Goodwood Rose Park and Parkside Public Schools, South Australia; Goodwood Public School, South Australia |
Religion | Methodist |
Occupation | Farmer |
Address | St Peters, South Australia |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 20 |
Next of kin | Father, Horatio Atton Duckmanton, 8th Avenue, St Peters, South Australia |
Previous military service | Served in the School Cadets of which he was a Sergeant. |
Enlistment date | |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 10th Battalion, 20th Reinforcement |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/27/4 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A68 Anchises on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Private |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 27th Battalion |
Other details from Roll of Honour Circular | Grandfather: Jonathon Norton DUCKMANTON, b. Potter Hanworth Booths, Lincolnshire; served in various Royal Navy ships under Admiral Seymour; Crimean War. |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Place of death or wounding | France |
Age at death | 21.3 |
Age at death from cemetery records | 21 |
Place of burial | Warlencourt British Cemetery (Sp. Mem. 6), France |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 110 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: Horatio Atton and Elanor Juliet Blanche DUCKMANTON, 8th Avenue, St. Peter's, South Australia. Native of North Adelaide |
Family/military connections | Brother: 55823 Pte Landseer Samuel DUCKMANTON, 43rd Bn, returned to Australia, 5 September 1919; Father: Pte Horatio A. DUCKMANTON, 2nd Bn, Royal Sussex Regiment (b. Adelaide, SA, 22 July 1858; enlisted 1881; served two years in the Curragh Camp, Ireland). |
Other details |
War service: Western Front Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal |