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DUNN, Edward
Personal Details
Service Number: | 4012 |
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Enlisted: | 31 March 1916, Place of enlistment - Melbourne, Victoria |
Last Rank: | Sapper |
Last Unit: | 2nd Tunnelling Company (inc. 5th Tunnelling Company) |
Born: | Wolstanton, England, 1885 |
Home Town: | Zeehan, West Coast, Tasmania |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Greaser/Engineer |
Died: | Broncho Pneumonia, France, 29 December 1918 |
Cemetery: |
Dijon (les Pejoces) Communal Cemetery Polygon, TAE, Grave 22 Headstone Inscription "BELOVED SON OF JOHN AND MARGARET DUNN OF ZEEHAN, TASMANIA", |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial |
Service History
World War 1 Service
31 Mar 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, 4012, Tunnelling Companies, Place of enlistment - Melbourne, Victoria | |
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25 May 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Sapper, 4012, Tunnelling Companies, Embarked on HMAT 'A69' Warilda from Melbourne on 25th May 1916. | |
28 Aug 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Sapper, 4012, Tunnelling Companies, Proceeded overseas to France. | |
29 Sep 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Sapper, 2nd Tunnelling Company (inc. 5th Tunnelling Company) | |
10 Jul 1917: | Imprisoned Reported missing 10th July 1917, captured and interred at Dulmen, Munster then Lechfeld, Munich then repatriated to France, however succummbed to broncho pneumonia at Dannes Camiers.. | |
29 Dec 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Sapper, 4012, 2nd Tunnelling Company (inc. 5th Tunnelling Company), --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 4012 awm_unit: 2nd Australian Tunnelling Company awm_rank: Sapper awm_died_date: 1918-12-29 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Daryl Jones
Son of John and Margaret DUNN, of Imperial Hotel, Zeehan, Tasmania.