DUNN, Harold Earl
| Service Number: | 2638 |
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| Enlisted: | 1 September 1915, Sydney, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Driver |
| Last Unit: | 7th Field Company Engineers |
| Born: | Camden, New South Wales, 3 June 1896 |
| Home Town: | Waverley, Waverley, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Carpenter |
| Died: | Natural Causes, Kellyville, New South Wales, 12 July 1982, aged 86 years |
| Cemetery: |
Castlebrook Memorial Park |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 1 Sep 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Driver, 2638, 7th Field Company Engineers, Sydney, NSW | |
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| 22 Dec 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Driver, 2638, 7th Field Company Engineers, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Suffolk embarkation_ship_number: A23 public_note: '' | |
| 22 Dec 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Driver, 2638, 7th Field Company Engineers, HMAT Suffolk, Sydney |
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Harold Earl was born on the 3rd.June 1896 at Camden to Thomas Mellanby Dunn and his wife Florentine Dorothea. Along with his siblings Gladys, Elliot, Neville, Freida, Lurline and Ada they grew up in the era of Australia’s involvement in the Boer War. Following federation the government set about to build a united defence force to better protect this nation.
Harold had been involved with the 21st Infantry prior to the declaration of war on .4th. August 1914 and the following year with his Father’s consent, he volunteered. Leaving his job as a carpenter he enlisted on 1st September 1915 in the RA Showgrounds, Sydney where he was assigned to the 7th. Field Company Engineers as a driver. They embarked the HMAT Suffolk A23 at Sydney on 30th. November bound for France via Egypt and England. Changing ships in Egypt they departed Alexandria on the Minneapolis 14 March 1916 arriving Marseilles in France five days later. From there he was sent to the Western Front in France bordering on Belgium.
On 11th. August 1918, one month after being promoted to 2nd.corporal, he was wounded in action with a gunshot wound to the left leg. Upon being sent to the 9th. General Hospital in Rouens his leg was amputated below the knee.. Then invalided back to England to await his passage home.. Leaving England on the 15th March 1919 aboard the Dunluce Castle he returned to Australia via Alexandria. On the 16th. March 1919 he was Mentioned in Despatches to Sir Douglas Haig by his superior officer as "deserving of special mention". For his part in the Great War he recieved the British War Medal, Victory Medal and the 1914/15 Star.
In 1920, shortly after returning home, he married Lily Harris in Goulburn, New South Wales. On 12 July 1982 he passed away at Kellyville and was buried at the Castlebrook Memorial Park in Rouse Hill.
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