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James Anthony Duggan
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James Anthony Duggan
H/19967
Private
Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada, R.C.I.C.
May 31, 1915
Upper South River, Antigonish Co., NS
February 14, 1940
24
Winnipeg
Pickle Crow, Ontario
Miner
Roman Catholic
Single at Enlistment (Married
Sadie Anne Duggan (Mother) Upper South River,
Antigonish Co., NS
August 19, 1942
27
Dieppe Canadian War Cemetery, France
Commemorated on Page 70 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance
Displayed in the Memorial Chamber of the Peace Tower in Ottawa on February 16
Private Duggan was the son of John and Sarah Duggan of Antigonish Co., NS, and husband of
Rhoda Winifred (Kennett) Duggan, Brighton, Sussex, England. He was one of eight children.
He embarked Halifax, NS, for overseas on December 13, 1940, and arrived in Gourock,
Scotland on December 26, 1940.
On April 20, 1942 he married Rhoda Winifred Kennett at St. Mary Magdalene Church in
Brighton.
On August 18, 1942 Private Duggan embarked
England for France as part of the invasion force at
Dieppe. He was listed as missing in action on August 19,
1942 while serving with the Queen's Own Cameron
Highlanders of Canada. In March 1943, Private Duggan
was listed as killed in action.
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