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DUNN, Leslie Clark
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 641 |
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| Enlisted: | 6 August 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 31st Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Richmond, Victoria, Australia, 1888 |
| Home Town: | West Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Cigar Maker |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 21 July 1916 |
| Cemetery: |
Fromelles (Pheasant Wood) Military Cemetery I. D. 10 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 6 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 641, 31st Infantry Battalion | |
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| 9 Nov 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 641, 31st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Wandilla embarkation_ship_number: A62 public_note: '' | |
| 9 Nov 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 641, 31st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Wandilla, Melbourne | |
| 19 Jul 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 641, 31st Infantry Battalion, Fromelles (Fleurbaix), Killed in action on 19 July 1916 at Fromelles. |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
(Also known as David Clarke Leslie DUNN).
He was 28 and the son of Henry and Catherine Dunn; husband of Lillian May Dunn, of 142, Dudley Street, West Melbourne, Victoria.
A new headstone bearing his details will be dedicated to him at a ceremony on the 19th July 2019.He was previously commemorated on the V.C. Corner Australian Memorial; his name will be removed when the appropriate panel is next replaced.
Biography contributed by Warren Melling
Recovered from an unmarked mass grave in 2009, with 250 of his mates.
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