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DUNHAM, Charles Whitlaw
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 2444 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 8 December 1915, Place of enlistment - Melbourne |
| Last Rank: | Second Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 2nd Tunnelling Company (inc. 5th Tunnelling Company) |
| Born: | Prahran, Melbourne Victoria, 1888 |
| Home Town: | Windsor, Stonnington, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Bank Messenger |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 21 April 1918 |
| Cemetery: |
Arneke British Cemetery Plot I, Row C, Grave 23 Headstone Inscription "HE HATH FOUGHT THE GOOD FIGHT", Arneke British Cemetery, Arneke, Cassel, Nord Pas de Calais, France, Adelaide Cemetery, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Try Boys Society HB1 |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 8 Dec 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, 2444, Mining Corps, Place of enlistment - Melbourne | |
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| 31 Mar 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Sapper, 2444, Mining Corps, Embarked on HMAT 'A16' Star of Victoria from Sydney on 31st March 1916. | |
| 17 May 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Sapper, 2444, Mining Corps, Disembarked City of Edinburgh at Marseilles, France on 17th May 1916. Marched into Etaples, France on 1st June 1916. | |
| 29 Sep 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Sapper, 2nd Tunnelling Company (inc. 5th Tunnelling Company) | |
| 1 Oct 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Second Corporal, 2nd Tunnelling Company (inc. 5th Tunnelling Company), Had been Acting Corporal prior to transfer to 2nd Tunnelling Company. | |
| 8 Oct 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Second Corporal, 2444, 2nd Tunnelling Company (inc. 5th Tunnelling Company), Gunshot wound to left arm, returned to England for treatment. | |
| 20 Mar 1918: | Embarked AIF WW1, Second Corporal, 2444, 2nd Tunnelling Company (inc. 5th Tunnelling Company), Proceeded overseas to France by Langbridge Deverill from Southhampton, England on 20th March 1918. | |
| 17 Apr 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Second Corporal, 2nd Tunnelling Company (inc. 5th Tunnelling Company), Wounded by gunshot to upper arm, back and ankle, succumbing to these wounds on 21st April 1918. | |
| 21 Apr 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Second Corporal, 2444, 2nd Tunnelling Company (inc. 5th Tunnelling Company), --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2444 awm_unit: 10 Battalion awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1918-04-21 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Daryl Jones
Son of Charles and Caroline DUNHAM, 112 Albert Street, Windsor, Victoria.
Brother of 19786 Gunner Leslie Arthur Graham DUNHAM - 8th Field Artillery Brigade, returned to Australia, 22nd May 1918 (born 1892)
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