Richmond Valentine DUNKINSON

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DUNKINSON, Richmond Valentine

Service Number:	1431
Enlisted:	24 November 1914, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
Last Rank:	Sergeant
Last Unit:	13th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Richmond, Victoria, Australia, 1887
Home Town:	Richmond (V), Yarra, Victoria
Schooling:	Melbourne Model School, Victoria, Australia
Occupation:	Ironmoulder
Died:	Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Turkey, 4 May 1915
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Lone Pine Memorial Panel 36, Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing

World War 1 Service

24 Nov 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1431, 13th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
16 Dec 1914:	Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 13th Infantry Battalion, Prior to embarking
22 Dec 1914:	Involvement 1431, 13th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Berrima embarkation_ship_number: A35 public_note: ''
22 Dec 1914:	Embarked 1431, 13th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Berrima, Melbourne
25 Apr 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Sergeant, 1431, 13th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli
4 May 1915:	Involvement Sergeant, 1431, 13th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1431 awm_unit: 13 Battalion awm_rank: Sergeant awm_died_date: 1915-05-04

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of Arthur Herbert and Ellen Dunkinson of Victoria.

Husband of Julia Theresa Dunkinson nee Logan of 122 Dover Street, South Richmond, Victoria formerly of 42 Balmain Street, Richmond, Victoria

Richmond and Julia were married in 1909c. Father of Joseph Valentine Dunkinson

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

Served with the Militia's Royal Australian Engineers for 5 years with the rank of Corporal

Biography contributed by John Bryan

Served with the 5th Militia Battalion prior to enlisting with the Royal Australian Engineers in 1909. He was posted to Georges Heights, Mosman, NSW at the time of his enlistment in the AIF on 24 November 1914.

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