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Edward William DUNSTAN

Regimental number5375
Place of birthCoburg, Victoria
SchoolCoburg State School No 484, Victoria
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationLabourer
Address1 Wilson Street, Coburg, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation33
Height5' 5"
Weight125 lbs
Next of kinMother, Mrs A Dunstan, 1 Wilson Street, Coburg, Victoria
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date6 January 1916
Place of enlistmentMelbourne, Victoria
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name7th Battalion, 17th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/24/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A14 Euripides on 4 April 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll59th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 19 July 1916
Place of death or woundingFleurbaix, France
Age at death31
Age at death from cemetery records31
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsV.C. Corner (Panel No 16), Australian Cemetery Memorial, Fromelles, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
167
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: William and Ann DUNSTAN, 1 Wilson Street, Coburg, Victoria
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Embarked Melbourne, 4 April 1916; disembarked Suez, 12 May 1916.

Transferred to 59th Bn, Tel el Kebir, 24 May 1916.

Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 21 June 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 30 June 1916.

Killed in action, 19 July 1916.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNAA: B2455, DUNSTAN Edward William

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