Duncan McCallum

Died of Wounds 02/04/1918 in the 13th Australian Field Ambulance. Wounds received during the German Spring Offensive

The 205th Field Company were part of the 35th Division from January 1915. Duncan Died of Wounds during the 2nd week of the German Spring Offensive. The Division took part in the 1st Battle of Bapaume, 24th - 25th March 1918. This was part of the The 1st Battles of the Somme, 21st March - 5th April 1918 : After transferring very large forces from the now-collapsed Eastern Front, the German Army commits to a series of large-scale offensives. The first, Operation Michael, strikes the British Fifth and Third Armies. A deep advance is made and inflicts large losses, although the second phase, Operation Mars, at Arras on 28 March, is soon held. In the crisis, the Allies decide at Doullens to appoint French General Foch as co-ordinator, and soon enough, as Generalissimo. Before enough French and British reserves are finally assembled to hold the German advance before it captures the critical railway junctions at Amiens. Duncan joined the Royal Engineers (1986) on the 25/01/1910 for 4 years service aged 17 and re-joined at the outbreak of war. See photos for Duncan's Medal Index Card, his Army Register of Soldiers Effects, his Service Medal and Award Rolls, another photo of Duncan's Grave, Warloy-Baillon Communal Cemetery Extension, his Service Records x 5 (from 1910), Duncan's Pension Record and the Royal Engineers Cap Badge.