Anzac Profile
Ducas,
Claude Reginald
Private. 28th Bn. SN 6864. Returned 26.1.1919. Invalided
| Date Enlisted | 24/10/1916 |
| Service Number | SN 6864 |
| Age of Enlistment | 21 years 9 months |
| Place of Enlistment | Blackboy Hill, WA |
| Place of Birth | Fremantle, WA |
| Previous Military Experience | Trained with 89th Depot, Rockingham Camp. WA |
| Occupation | Orchardist |
| Religion | Church of England |
| School Attended | NK |
| Address History | Caversham near Guildford, WA. NOK Father - Thomas Ducas, 464 Hay Street, Perth, WA |
Military History
Embarked at Fremantle per HMAT ‘Borda’ A30 for England 29.6.1917.
Roll Rank Private.
Roll Unit 28th Infantry Bn. AIF.
Ducas disembarked at Plymouth 25.8.1917. He was guilty of 2 offences of refusing to obey orders 21.8.1917. He marched in to the 7th Training Bn. at Rollestone 26.8.1917. Ducas failed his WAS medical test for deafness at Bulford and was discharged as unfit for active service, but fit for general service 5.9.1917. Ducas was transferred to the 6th Infantry Bn. 8.11.1917 at Fovant. Ducas was hospitalised at Fovant Hospital 7.3.1918. He returned to his unit - 28th Bn. and then to the Sutton Veny Training Camp 14.9.1918 and listed for return to Australia.
Embarked for Australia 11.12.1918 per ‘Saxon’.
Returned/Disembarked 26.1.1919- invalided.
Discharged 2.4.1919.
Final Rank Private 28th Bn. AIF.
Medical Condition Invalided with deafness.
Awards and Medals British War Medal.
Note Ducas did not receive a Victory Medal as he had not participated in a theatre of war.
Information Source
St. Matthew’s Honour Roll
NAA: B2455, Ducas C R
AWM Embarkation Rolls Claude Reginald Ducas
Caversham nr. Guildford. WA.