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ErikaH

ErikaH Report 24 Feb 2026 13:26

Emily……….you should get the service record.............it may have useful info about where he was discharged

https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C17105740

ArgyllGran

ArgyllGran Report 24 Feb 2026 12:27

Unfortunately, as already mentioned in one of the threads, he's not the only man of that name.

For instance, there is/was one living in Richmond, NZ in 2010, per ER on Ancestry.
He's with a Patricia Anne Mitchell.

And of course there are loads of records of all sorts, in many places, for men named Duncan K Mitchell, or simply Duncan Mitchell - but with no indication of age.


ErikaH

ErikaH Report 24 Feb 2026 12:16

There is a Duncan Kennedy Mitchell on NZ ER's to 2010, but obviously NO way of knowing if it's the man being sought.

OP has posted photos of the subject of this post on Ancestry.

ErikaH

ErikaH Report 24 Feb 2026 12:05

?????

First name(s) Duncan Kennedy
Barcode 12050809
Last name Mitchell
Link to record https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/ViewImage.aspx?B=12050809&S=277
Birth year -
Database title Australian National Passenger Lists 1898-1972
Year 1972
Source Australia, Inward, Outward & Coastal Passenger Lists 1826-1972
Arrival date 29 Apr 1972
Category Travel & migration
Ship name -
Subcategory Passenger Lists
State -
Collections from Australasia, Australia
Country Australia

ADDED.......NOT the man in question. I looked at the record. Born 1941

ErikaH

ErikaH Report 24 Feb 2026 12:02

First name(s) Duncan Kennedy
Archive The National Archives, Kew
Last name Mitchell
Department BT
Birth year 1924
Context Registry of Shipping and Seamen: War of 1939-1945; Merchant Seamen's Service on Royal Navy Ships. T124X AGREEMENT - BRITISH SEAMEN. MILLARD B M to MITCHELL D K. (Described at item level).
Birth date 22 March 1924
Covering dates 1939-1946
Where born county Lanarkshire
Archive reference BT 390/91/130
Where born other Scotland
Record set Britain, Merchant Seamen Registry 1939-1945
Where born town Glasgow
Category Education & work
Service number R303956
Subcategory Merchant Navy & Maritime
Description Name: Mitchell, Duncan Kennedy. Service number: R303956. Place of birth: Glasgow. Date of birth: 22 March 1924.
Collections from Great Britain, England



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https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C17105740

ArgyllGran

ArgyllGran Report 24 Feb 2026 11:52

There is no record of Duncan's death in Scotland, to date.


Nor in England/Wales, up to 2024.

ArgyllGran

ArgyllGran Report 24 Feb 2026 11:47

Earlier thread about Duncan and family:

https://www.genesreunited.co.uk/boards/board/living_relatives/thread/1379966

greyghost

greyghost Report 24 Feb 2026 11:43

Scotland's People shows the birth of 6 people called Duncan Kennedy Mitchell and 2 marriages - 1945 and 1958 - (1 of these shown twice in Stirling as bride had a previous name).

2 of the births can probably be discounted as too young to marry in 1945/1958 and ? 2 discounted due to births 1868 and 1896


Surname Forename Mother's Maiden Name Gender Year Ref RD Name
MITCHELL DUNCAN KENNEDY
M 1924
644 / 3 / 404 Calton (Glasgow)

MITCHELL DUNCAN KENNEDY
M 1932
457 / A / 2 Strathmiglo

Possible a birth in 1957 in New or East Kilpatrick could be a child

You can find these on the Scotlands People website -
https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk

Free to search, buy credits to download results (or send for certificates if under 100 years for births, 75 years for marriages, 50 years for deaths)

Scotland's People doesn't give mmn on birth searches so more difficult to tell if he has descendants from possible marriages.

There are 3 deaths in the name. 2 would appear to be that of the 1868 and 1896 births and the last of one who died aged 90 in 2022 in Cupar, Fife would fit the 1932 birth

Millys

Millys Report 24 Feb 2026 10:57

Im trying to find a death certificate for Duncan Kennedy Mitchell bor 1924 Glasgow Scotland..Fathers name Duncan Kennedy Mitchell died 1963,Mothers name was Jane Smillie McDonald Sommerville.Also any decendents he may have ,,

Thanks.