In memory of

Private

Duncan Dewar

who died on 2 Jun 1916

Service details
  Conflict WWI
  Service Army
  Unit 1st Canadian Mounted Rifles, Saskatchewan Regiment
  Rank Private
  Service number 114560
  Date of death 19160602
  Cause of death killed in action
Narrative history
  114560 Private (1st Canadian Mounted Rifles, Saskatchewan Regiment) Duncan Dewar (b.1885) of Dunfermline east of Asquith was KIA 19160602 at Sanctuary Wood and is commemorated on the Menin Gate Memorial at Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium, which bears the names of 55,000 men who were lost without trace during the defence of the Ypres Salient in the First World War. He was the son of Alex and Elizabeth Dewar who came from Aberfeldy, Perth & Kinross, Scotland. Duncan was working as a carpenter when he enlisted at Saskatoon early in 1915.
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Memorial information
  Saskatchewan rural municipality for commemoration 345 - Vanscoy
  Cemetery or memorial location Menin Gate Memorial, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium    

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Personal information
  Date of birth 18850331
  Place of birth Aberfeldy, Perth & Kinross, Scotland    
  Date of enlistment 19150220
  Place of enlistment Saskatoon    
  Residence on enlistment Dunfermline    
  Occupation carpenter
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