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Name	Walter John Duncan
Born	27 January, 1894 Inverell, New South Wales, Australia
Died	19 October, 1939 (aged 45) Peshawar, Pakistan
Cause of Death	aneurysm
Occupation or Descriptor *	bank employee (1910-1916) New South Wales, Australia soldier (1910-1916) Federal, Australia army officer (1916-1918) Federal, Australia
Military Service *	World War I (army officer) 33rd Battalion (army officer) Battle of Messines, 1917 (army officer) Battle of Villers-Bretonneux, 1918 (army officer) 5th Light Horse Regiment (army officer, 1912-1916) 13th Battalion (army officer, 1915-1916)
Awards	Military Cross (recipient, 1917) Distinguished Service Order (recipient, 1918) Distinguished Service Order and Bar (recipient, 1918)
Workplaces *	Bank of New South Wales (employee, 1910-1915)

* Dates are approximate