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George DUNN

Regimental number710
Place of birthMerimbula, New South Wales
SchoolPublic School
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationLabourer
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation21
Height5' 7.5"
Weight149 lbs
Next of kinFather, James Leonard Dunn, Merimbula, New South Wales
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date18 November 1914
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll18 November 1914
Place of enlistmentHolsworthy, New South Wales
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name6th Light Horse Regiment, 2nd Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number10/11/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A21 Marere on 20 February 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll6th Light Horse Regiment
FateDied of disease 3 June 1915
Place of death or woundingGallipoli, Turkey
Age at death23
Age at death from cemetery records23
Place of burialEast Mudros Military Cemetery (Plot I, Row A, Grave No. 19), Lemnos, Greece.
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
5
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: James Leonard and Elizabeth DUNN, Merimbula, New South Wales
Family/military connectionsBrother: 6538 Pte Heliar Leslie Cecil DUNN, 1st Machine Gun Bn, died of wounds, 15 November 1917.
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Taken on strength from reinforcements, 6th Light Horse Regiment, and posted to 'C' Squadron, 13 May 1915.

Proceeded to join Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, Gallipoli, 15 May 1915.

Admitted to Field Ambulance, Anzac, 28 May 1915 (sick); transferred to 1st Australian Casualty Clearing Station, 28 May 1915; embarked for Mudros, 28 May 1915.

Died of disease on board HS 'Franconia' at Lemnos Island, 3 June 1915 (pneumonia); buried, 4 June 1915.

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous details* Roll of Honour gives his name as Alfred William George DUNN
SourcesNAA: B2455, DUNN George

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