Alan Duncan
| Date and Place of Birth: | Circa 1916 Williamstown, Victoria, Australia |
| Date and Place of Death: | January 3, 1941 Bardia, Libya |
| Baseball Experience: | Amateur |
| Position: | Pitcher |
| Rank: | Private |
| Military Unit: | 2/6th Battalion, 6th Division Australian Infantry |
| Area Served: | Middle East |
Alan T. Duncan, son of Thomas and Elsie Duncan, was born in
Williamstown, a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia in 1916. He was
a pitcher with the Williamstown Baseball Club during the late 1930s,
also playing cricket with Williamstown District Cricket Club.
Private Duncan served with 2/6th Battalion, 6th Division of the
Australian Imperial Force and was killed in action during Operation
Compass, the taking of the Libyan town of Bardia in the Middle East on
January 3, 1941.
Private Duncan is buried at Halfaya Sollum War Cemetery in Egypt.
Sources:
Williamstown Chronicle, September 3, 1938
Williamstown Chronicle, January 25, 1941
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Williamstown Baseball Club website
Date Added: June 23, 2013
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