Regimental number | 2068 |
Date of birth | |
Place of birth | Kent Town, South Australia |
School | Prince Alfred College, Adelaide, South Australia |
Religion | Methodist |
Occupation | Clerk |
Address | 38 Sixth Avenue, East Adelaide, South Australia |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 18 |
Next of kin | Mother, Mrs Annie Janie Victoria Dunn, 38 Sixth Avenue, East Adelaide, South Australia |
Enlistment date | |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 43rd Battalion, 3rd Reinforcement |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/60/2 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A68 Anchises on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Private |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 40th Battalion |
Other details from Roll of Honour Circular | Great grandson of John Dunn, Sr, of Mt Barker, South Australia |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Place of death or wounding | Messines, Belgium |
Age at death | 19 |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 132 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: Frederick Williams and Annie Jane Victoria DUNN, St. Peters, South Australia. Native of Kent Town, Adelaide |
Family/military connections | Brothers: 3690 Lance Corporal John Frederick William DUNN, 7th Field Ambulance, returned to Australia, 15 February 1918; 3691 Pte Reginald Humble Salisbury DUNN, 7th Field Ambulance, returned to Australia, mid 1919. |
Other details |
War service: Western Front Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal |