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George Henry DUNSTAN

Regimental number7483
Place of birthLefroy, Tasmania
SchoolBeasconsfield State School, Tasmania
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationMissionary
AddressLaunceston, Tasmania
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation24
Next of kinWife, Mrs I D Dunstan, 234 Charles Street, Launceston, Tasmania
Enlistment date21 October 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name12th Battalion, 25th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/29/5
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A20 Hororata on 14 June 1917
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll12th Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularHe did immense amount of good amongst his comrades, both in South Africa and in camps in England. He was exempt from Military Duty but preferred to help his country.
FateKilled in Action 17 April 1918
Place of death or woundingBorre near Pradelles, France
Age at death24
Place of burialBorre British Cemetery (Plot I, row A, Grave No. 11)
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
65
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: James and Ellen DUNSTAN, husband of Ivy Doris DUNSTAN, Trowutta, Tasmania, native of Beaconsfield, Tasmania
Family/military connectionsBrother-in-law Edgar Rupert MARTIN who died at Gallipoli whilst getting water for a dying comrade.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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