Thomas John DUNHAM

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DUNHAM, Thomas John

Service Number:	3147
Enlisted:	21 August 1915
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	49th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Gympie, Queensland, Australia, 28 November 1895
Home Town:	South Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Killed in action, Mouquet Farm, France, 4 September 1916, aged 20 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)

World War 1 Service

21 Aug 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3147, 9th Infantry Battalion
5 Oct 1915:	Involvement Private, 3147, 9th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Warilda embarkation_ship_number: A69 public_note: ''
5 Oct 1915:	Embarked Private, 3147, 9th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Warilda, Brisbane
4 Sep 1916:	Involvement Private, 3147, 49th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 3147 awm_unit: 49th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1916-09-04

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Biography contributed by Stephen Brooks

Thomas John Dunham was the son of Thomas John and Eleanor Dunham of South Brisbane, Queensland.

His younger brother 1642 Private Charles Ernest Dunham was also in the 49th Battalion and was severely wounded on the same day as his brother was killed during the fierce fighting at Mouquet Farm on 3-5 September 1916. Charles was returned to Australia due to the seriousness of his wound only seven weeks after Thomas's death.

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