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Son of Mrs J Dunn, Corio Street, Shepparton, Victoria

Husband of Emily Helina Dunn, of 26, Ashley Rd., Boscombe, Bournemouth, England.

HE GAVE HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS

The Rev. E. Smith (Methodist), received word yesterday from the Defence Department to convey the sad intelligence to Mr and Mrs J. D. Dunn, of Corio street north, that their son, Sapper Raymond Leslie Dunn (Engineers), had been killed in action in France on September 20th. Sapper Dunn had been  on active service for about three years, being one of the original Anzacs, and was one of the brave lads who took part in the landing at Gallipoli at 5  a.m. on April 25th, 1915. He was 24 years of age, and married. He was well-known in Shepparton, having been born and reared here, and was a  bricklaver an occupation followed by his father He had been wounded twice previously. The first occasion he was engaged on Gallipoli in assisting to put  in a mine, and a Turkish shell bursting near the scene of operations, he was buried beneath the falling earth and was with difficulty extracted-two  comrades having been killed. The deceased soldier was invalided to Egypt, and it was whilst there he met the young lady whom he eventually married  in England 12 months ago. He returned to Gallipoli, and was shortly afterwards wounded a second time. He was sent to Lemmos, and subsequently to  Malta. Whilst at this latter place he contracted fever, and was then invalided to England. After being there a while he was put on light duty for five  months and then sent back to Egypt; from which place he was transferred to France, and had been there for about 12 months up till the time of the sad event now chronicled. Two brothers of deceased have also seen active service in the cause of freedom and justice, viz., Pte Arthur Ernest Dunn, who is at present in the Caulfield Military Hospital (having heen invalided home about six months ago suffering from the effects of poisonous gas, after two years active service): and Pte. Victor Dunn who is in hospital in England, having been wounded at Bullecourt in the big attack on the new Hindenburg  line. He enlisted over 18 months ago and sailed from Australia a little over 12 months ago.