William Henry DUNN

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Service Number:	3794
Enlisted:	19 July 1915, Enlisted Melbourne allocated to 12th Reinforcement’s for 5th Battalion at Broadmeadows Camp Victoria on 29th October 1915
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	5th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Footscray, Victoria, Australia, 1890
Home Town:	Williamstown (Vic), Hobsons Bay, Victoria
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Fell from a train at Williamstown Railway Station, Williamstown, Victoria, Australia, 19 February 1925
Cemetery:	Williamstown (General) Cemetery, Victoria, Australia Methodist Section Plot 5

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19 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3794, 5th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted Melbourne allocated to 12th Reinforcement’s for 5th Battalion at Broadmeadows Camp Victoria on 29th October 1915
23 Nov 1915:	Involvement Private, 3794, 5th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: ''
23 Nov 1915:	Embarked Private, 3794, 5th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Melbourne
22 Feb 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 5th Infantry Battalion, Taken on Strength of the 5th Battalion in the field Egypt
25 Jul 1916:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 3794, 5th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , Gun shot wound Right Leg evacuated to England for treatment and convalescence
15 Mar 1917:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 5th Infantry Battalion
24 Mar 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 3794, 5th Infantry Battalion, German Spring Offensive 1918, Admitted CCS evacuated to England for treatment and convalescence Reanal failure Kidneys
11 Sep 1918:	Involvement AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 3794, 5th Infantry Battalion, Breaching the Hindenburg Line - Cambrai / St Quentin Canal
6 Jul 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 3794, 5th Infantry Battalion, Discharged 3MD Melbourne medically unfit GSW and reanal failure Returned to Australia on HT Poona on 14 May 1919

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