Regimental number | 2130 |
Date of birth | |
Place of birth | Ballarat, Victoria |
School | Golden Point State School, Victoria |
Religion | Methodist |
Occupation | Clerk |
Address | 7 Cameron Street, Ballarat East, Victoria |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 20 |
Height | 5' 6.5" |
Weight | 154 lbs |
Next of kin | Father, W J Dunstan, 7 Cameron Street, Ballarat East, Victoria |
Previous military service | Served 3 years in the Senior Cadets (commissioned); 1 year in the 70th infantry, Citizen Military Forces (commissioned). |
Enlistment date | |
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll | |
Place of enlistment | Melbourne, Victoria |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 7th Battalion, 6th Reinforcement |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/24/2 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A62 Wandilla on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Corporal |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 7th Battalion |
Recommendations (Medals and Awards) |
Victoria Cross Spelt DUNSTON in citation. Recommendation date: Mention in Despatches Awarded, and promulgated, 'London Gazette', Supplement No. 29455 (28 January 1916); 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 44 (6 April 1916). Recommendation date: Mention in Despatches Awarded, and promulgated, 'London Gazette', third Supplement, No. 29522 (27 March 1916); 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 79 (6 July 1916). |
Fate | Returned to Australia |
Medals |
Victoria Cross 'For most conspicuous bravey at Lone Pine trenches, in the Gallipoli Peninsula, on the 9th August, 1915. In the early moning the enemy made a determined counter attack on the centre of the newly captured trench held by Lieutenant Tubb, Corporals Burton and Dunstan, and a few men. They advanced up a sap and blew in a sandbag barricade, leeaving only one foot of it standing; but Lieutenant Tubb, with the two corporals, repulsed the enemy and rebuilt the barricade. Supported by strong bombing parties, the enemy twice again succeeded in blowing in the barricade; but on each occasion they were repulsed, and the barricade rebuilt, although Lieutenant Tubb was wounded in the head and arm, and Corporal Burton was killed by a bomb while most gallantly building up the parapet under a hail of bombs.'
Source: 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 28 Date: |
Discharge date | |
Other details |
War service: Egypt, Gallipoli Joined 7th Bn at Gallipoli, 5 August 1915, and reverted to ranks. Appointed Acting Corporal, 5 August 1915. Wounded in action, Lone Pine, Gallipoli, 8-9 August 1915 (gun shot wound, face and eyes); admitted to 1st Australian Casualty Clearing Station, 9 August 1915; transferred to 15th General Hospital, Alexandria. Commenced return to Australia from Suez on board HT 'Ulysses', 3 September 1915; disembarked Melbourne, 30 September 1915; discharged, 1 February 1916. Awarded Victoria Cross, 22 October 1915. Medals: Victoria Cross, 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal |
Date of death | |
Age at death | 62 |
Place of burial | Cremated: ashes interred in Springvale Cemetery, Victoria |