John Norman DUNSTAN

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Service Number:	5573
Enlisted:	4 April 1916
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	1st Australian Light Railway Operating Company
Born:	Normanton, Queensland, Australia, 15 April 1892
Home Town:	Normanton, Carpentaria, Queensland
Schooling:	Queenton & Boys State School, Charters Towers, Queensland
Occupation:	Railway Station Master
Died:	Died of Illness, Died at sea, France, 24 December 1918, aged 26 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Herberton Methodist Circuit and Mission Area, Kuranda State School, Normanton Carpentaria Shire Roll of Honour

4 Apr 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5573, 26th Infantry Battalion
7 Sep 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 5573, 26th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Clan McGillivray embarkation_ship_number: A46 public_note: ''
7 Sep 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 5573, 26th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Clan McGillivray, Brisbane
14 Feb 1918:	Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal
24 Dec 1918:	Involvement AIF WW1, Corporal, 5573, 1st Australian Light Railway Operating Company

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John Norman DUNSTAN was born in Normanton in Queensland on 15th April, 1892

His parents were George Richard DUNSTAN & Dorothea "Dora" MONAGHAN

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His brother Robert Alexander DUNSTAN (SN 3796) also served during WW1 and returned to Australia on 2nd January, 1919 (31st Infantry Battalion)