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Edward Percy DUNN

Regimental number1137
Place of birthMelbourne, Victoria
SchoolSurrey Hills State School, Victoria
ReligionMethodist
OccupationGardener
AddressBoundary Road, Burwood, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation19
Next of kinWalter George Dunn, Boundary Road, Burwood, Victoria
Previous military serviceServed in the Surrey Hills Cadets
Enlistment date6 May 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name23rd Battalion, A Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/40/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A14 Euripides on 10 May 1915
Rank from Nominal RollSergeant
Unit from Nominal Roll23rd Battalion
FateKilled in Action 9 October 1917
Place of death or woundingMenin Road, Ypres, Belgium
Age at death22.6
Age at death from cemetery records22
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
98
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Commemorated in Burwood Cemetery, Victoria. Parents: W.G. and Nellie DUNN. Native of Burwood, Victoria
Family/military connectionsBrother: 5965 Gunner Cecil Hedley DUNN, 2nd Field Artillery Brigade, returned to Australia, 12 April 1919.
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli, Western Front

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

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