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GUNN, Ernest Edwin
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 51362 |
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| Enlisted: | 16 February 1918, Enlisted Melbourne allocated to 2nd General Service Reinforcement’s Victoria at Broadmeadows Camp on 20th April 1918. |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 8th Field Artillery Brigade |
| Born: | Carlton, Victoria, Australia, 6 February 1898 |
| Home Town: | North Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Apprenticeship Shovelton & Story Fine Art Printers |
| Occupation: | Printer |
| Died: | Natural Causes , Ormond, Victoria, Australia, 30 August 1982, aged 84 years |
| Cemetery: |
Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne Buried 1st September 1982/ Lawn Cemetery Row AD Grave 33 |
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Service History
World War 1 Service
| 16 Feb 1918: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 51362, 1st to 17th (VIC) Reinforcements, Enlisted Melbourne allocated to 2nd General Service Reinforcement’s Victoria at Broadmeadows Camp on 20th April 1918. | |
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| 11 Mar 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 1st Depot Battalion, Transferred to 1st Depot Battalion Broadmeadows Camp for training | |
| 1 May 1918: | Involvement Private, 51362, 1st to 17th (VIC) Reinforcements, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '20' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: '' | |
| 1 May 1918: | Embarked Private, 51362, 1st to 17th (VIC) Reinforcements, HMAT Euripides, Sydney | |
| 3 Jul 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 22nd Infantry Battalion, Allocated to reinforce 22nd Battalion from 5th Training Battalion UK | |
| 16 Jul 1918: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 22nd Infantry Battalion, 5th Training Battalion for duty | |
| 14 Oct 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, Gunner, 3rd Divisional Ammunition Column, Corps transfer to Artillery Details Heytsbury from 22nd Battalion reinforcement’s UK. Taken on Strength of 3rd DAC in the field France | |
| 2 Nov 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, Driver, 8th Field Artillery Brigade | |
| 21 Dec 1918: | Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 8th Field Artillery Brigade | |
| 4 Mar 1919: | Wounded AIF WW1, Corporal, 51362, 8th Field Artillery Brigade , Accidental GSW below left knee Evacuated to England for treatment and convalescence Fulham Military Hospital | |
| 6 Jul 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Corporal, 51362, 8th Field Artillery Brigade , Discharged 3MD Melbourne medically unfit GSW below left knee |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Pam Hamilton
Previous service 64th Infantry Regiment Senior Cadets / 4 years