Barbour Duncan 2nd Lieutenant 89655
Personnel Entry
Name Barbour Duncan
Army number 89655
Rank 2nd Lieutenant
Decorations None known beyond Service Awards
Date of birth 13/2/1909
Age (At time of death). Not yet known.
Unit Enlisted in the Royal Artillery 6/6/1939. Commissioned as a 2/Lt in the Royal Artillery 7/6/1939. Posted to 125th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery. Sent on First War Course 14/9/1939. To 11th Command Artillery Course, York, 11/3/1940. Converted to 125th Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery. Posted away. Taken Prisoner of War at Singapore.
Recovered from Japanese PoW Camp.
Company/Battery Not yet known.
Platoon or other sub-unit Not yet known.
Task or role Battery Officer.
Joined Brigade Not yet known.
Promotions Lieutenant.
Wounded Not so far as is known.
Prisoner of War Yes. Captured Singapore 15/2/1942.
Died/Killed in action Date of death not yet ascertained.
Home address "Strathdee", Westoe Drive, South Shields.
Source table
Many of the Royal Artillery personnel pages have benefited from information drawn from the 1939-1945 RA Tracer Cards made available via Ancestry.co.uk
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