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Sidney Walter DUNSTAN

Regimental number3025
ReligionBaptist
OccupationMachine operator
Address74 Gillies Street, Fairfield, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation23
Next of kinFather, W Dunstan, 74 Gillies Street, Fairfield, Victoria
Enlistment date9 July 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name7th Battalion, 10th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/24/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT RMS Osterley on 29 September 1915
Recommendations (Medals and Awards)

Military Medal


Recommendation date: 12 February 1917

Miscellaneous details (Nominal Roll)Name does not appear on Nominal Roll
Medals

Military Medal


Source: 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 133
Date: 21 August 1917

Bar to Military Medal

'For most conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. On 31st August at PERONNE he successfully maintained telephone communication under most intense shelling and Machine Gun fire. He organised linesmen to maintain the lines and personally assisted to repair them. On the following day under very heavy shell fire and though a badly gassed area he assisted to lay a line from Battalion Headquarters to the front line and was successful in obtaining and keeping communication. Throughout the operation he worked with untiring zeal and with an utter disregard of personal safety. The initiative, bravery, and devotion to duty of this N.C.O. has at all times been an inspiring example to his men.'
Source: 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 115
Date: 10 October 1919

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