DUNBAR, Peter William
| Service Number: | 6481 |
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| Enlisted: | 18 August 1916, Served in the Senior Cadets |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 5th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Kensington, Victoria, Australia, July 1895 |
| Home Town: | Kensington, Melbourne, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Christian Brothers College, North Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Clerk |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 22 April 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
Morchies Military Cemetery Row C, Grave No. 11 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 18 Aug 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6481, 5th Infantry Battalion, Served in the Senior Cadets | |
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| 2 Oct 1916: | Involvement Private, 6481, 5th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Nestor embarkation_ship_number: A71 public_note: '' | |
| 2 Oct 1916: | Embarked Private, 6481, 5th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Nestor, Melbourne |
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From How We Served
6481 Private Peter William Dunbar of Kensington, Victoria had been employed as a clerk when he enlisted for War Service on the 8th of August 1916.
Allocated to reinforcements for the 5th Battalion 1st AIF, Peter was embarked for England and further training, arriving on the 16th of November.
On the 22nd of December, Peter arrived in France and was sent to the 'Bull Ring' at Etaples for further training before proceeding to join his Unit in the trenches on the 2nd of January 1917.
In the lead up operations to the 'Second Battle of Bullecourt', Peter was 'Killed in Action' by enemy shellfire in the vicinity of Morchies on the 22nd of April 1917. He was aged 22.
Peter received a formal burial in the Morchies Military Cemetery, Morchies, Arras, Nord Pas de Calais, France.
Back home in Australia, the supreme sacrifice made by Peter during 'The Great War' was privately commemorated at the Dunbar family's collective burial site within Melbourne General Cemetery, Victoria.
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