Back to The 265

William George Duff

Name on Board WG Duff
Name on Service
Records
William George  Duff
Enlistment Age 26
Occupation Labourer
Place of Birth Footscray, Vic
Next of Kin Mabel Frances Duff
Address 11 Ann St, Williamstown, Vic
Marital Status M
Enlistment Date 25/06/1915
Service No. 1705
Enlistment Place Melbourne, Vic
Embarkation Place Melbourne
Embarkation Date 29/10/1915
Embarkation Ship HMAT Demosthenes A64
Unit on Embarkation 29th Australian Infantry Battalion
Date of Death 11/04/1917
Unit on Death 14th Australian Infantry Battalion
Rank on Death Private
Cause of Death KIA
Place of Wounding/
Death
Bullecourt, France. Initially reported missing (No known grave)
Cemetery or Memorial Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Additional Information Son: William Stephen;  Daughter: Jean Elizabeth
Featured Servicemen
  • Alec McKenzie
    Age:
    A McK Hepburn
    Hepburn
    21
    Clerk
    Portrait
    Biography
  • George Alexander
    Age:
    GA McInnes
    McInnes
    19
    Labourer, Locomotive Branch, Newport Railway Workshops
    Portrait
    Biography
  • Geoffrey Molyneux
    Age:
    GM Ogden
    Ogden
    19
    Law Student
    Portrait
    Biography