DUNSTAN, Richard James
| Service Number: | 1088 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 10th Light Horse Regiment |
| Born: | Budock, Cornwall, England, 1889 |
| Home Town: | Greenhills, York, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Died of wounds, France, 10 August 1918 |
| Cemetery: |
Vignacourt British Cemetery, Picardie Grave V. E. 1. Personal Inscription CROWN HIM WITH LOVE AND HONOUR , Vignacourt British Cemetery, Vignacourt, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 30 Jun 1915: | Involvement Private, 1088, 10th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Kanowna embarkation_ship_number: A61 public_note: '' | |
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| 30 Jun 1915: | Embarked Private, 1088, 10th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Kanowna, Fremantle | |
| 10 Aug 1918: | Involvement Corporal, 1088, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1088 awm_unit: 38th Australian Field Artillery Battery awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1918-08-10 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
Richard was born in April 1889 in Budock, Cornwall, his father, Richard, was 24 and his mother, Sophia, was 24. He married Johanna Oldreive on 23 June 1917 in Truro, Cornwall. He emigrated to Australia per the Oruba on 27th June 1908 arriving in Fremantle.
He enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force on 10 March 1915 when he was 25 years old. He is remembered on the war memorial at St Gluvias Church near Penryn, Cornwall.
Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
Births Jun 1889 Richard James Falmouth 5c 156
Husband of Johanna Dunstan, [nee Oldreive] of Windsworth, Looe, Cornwall, England.
Marriages Jun 1917 Truro 5c 208
Dunstan Richard J.
Oldreive Johanna Dunstan
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