Sergeant Michael Duffy
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PERSONAL INFORMATION
Place of birth:
Marital status: no data
Date of death:
1918-10-01
Cause of death:
Killed in action
Buried:
Sancourt British Cemetery, I. C. 30.
MILITARY INFORMATION
Regimental number: 150068
Highest Rank:
Sergeant
Rank detail
Sergeant (Army).
Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: no
Battle wounded/killed: Battle of Canal du Nord and subsequent push to Cambrai; (abortive assault on Abancourt?)
Awards
Distinguished Conduct Medal
Military Medal
RESEARCH INFORMATION
CVWM ID: No CVWM ID in our database, but try
this.
CWGC ID: 566651
LAC ID:
365464
Service file: B2706-S058
Uploader's Notes: M.M.
Uploader's Research notes: Sergeant Duffy's circumstances of death card reads as follows: "While in charge of a machine gun crew, during military operations in the vicinity of Blecourt, France, and after advancing about 800 yards from the Sunken Road "jumping off place", on the morning of 1 October 1918, he was hit in the head by an enemy bullet and killed." [Sergeant Army Canadian Machine Gun Corps 1st Machine Gun Company Military Medal Distinguished Conduct Medal ]
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Date added: 2004-09-04
Last modified: 2008-07-21