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Duncan McLaren

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Pte Duncan McLaren

Military Information

  • Date of enlistment: 03.10.1915
  • Place of enlistment: Montreal, Quebec.
  • Service no: 132947
  • Rank: Private
  • Service Occupation:
  • Awards:
  • Regiment/Service: Canadian Infantry
  • Unit/Ship: 13th Battalion
  • Place of Death: France
  • Age at Death: 21
  • Date of Death: 15.08.1917
  • Burial Country: France
  • Cemetery: Vimy Memorial
  • Grave/Mem Ref no:

Personal Information

  • Date of Birth: 31.01.1896
  • Place of Birth: Lisbon, Portugal
  • Address:
  • Occupation: Insurance Clerk
  • Mother:

    Annie D. McLaren, c/o J. J. Hawkins, Roseland, British Columbia

  • Father:
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More about Duncan McLaren

Duncan has no known grave but is remembered on the Vimy Memorial.

for more information on Duncan, visit, Duncan’s Memorial also Duncan’s Service Record and Circumstances of Death Register

There is also a reference to Duncan in the Dundee Peoples Journal 22/09/17 page 7, available in Dundee Central Library

For reasons unknown Duncan McLaren is not included on the original Dundee City Roll of Honour

Information researched and supplied by Gary Thomson

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