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DUNN, George
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 2171 |
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| Enlisted: | 7 October 1915, Enlisted 1915 Discharged 1916 Medical |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 6th Light Horse Regiment |
| Born: | Tumut, New South Wales, Australia, 1889 |
| Home Town: | Tumut, Tumut Shire, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Brisbane Queensland Australia , 1939, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 7 Oct 1915: | Enlisted Australian Army (Post WW2), Trooper, 2171, 6th Light Horse Regiment, Enlisted 1915 Discharged 1916 Medical | |
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| 22 Mar 1916: | Involvement Private, 2171, 6th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Pera embarkation_ship_number: A4 public_note: '' | |
| 22 Mar 1916: | Embarked Private, 2171, 6th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Pera, Sydney |
Personal Stories
Family interest
George enlisted in 1915 at around 26 years of age, initially he tried to enlist under his full name George Edward Joseph Dunn at his first attempt George was knocked back on grounds of hear problems.
George then dropped his middle names and enlisted in Sydney and made it to Egypt with the 6th Light Horse after some time in Egypt George was diagnosed with Valvular Dysfunction (Heart) and returned to Australia.
I expect given that in that period because everyone's mates were going George pulled out all stops to get to serve.
George changed his name to Earl Albert Charles Bell in the 1920's settled in Brisbane and had another family and passed away in 1939.
Submitted 10 October 2020 by Norman Warwick