DUNN, Ernest Edwin
| Service Number: | 3652 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Driver |
| Last Unit: | 2nd Field Artillery Brigade |
| Born: | Cobden, Victoria, Australia, 1890 |
| Home Town: | Skipton, Pyrenees, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Rupanyup School, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Motor Driver |
| Died: | Died of wounds, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 1 May 1915 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Derrinallum & District WW1 Roll of Honor, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing |
World War 1 Service
| 2 Feb 1915: | Involvement Driver, 3652, 2nd Field Artillery Brigade , ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: SS Hessen embarkation_ship_number: A45 public_note: '' | |
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| 2 Feb 1915: | Embarked Driver, 3652, 2nd Field Artillery Brigade , SS Hessen, Melbourne | |
| 1 May 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Driver, ANZAC / Gallipoli |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Robert Kearney
Enlisted and served as Ernest Edward DUNN
Biography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of George and Euphemia Tempest Dunn, of Mingay, Lismore, Victoria, Australia.
Biography contributed by Kay Bell
DUNN, Edward Ernest - Driver 3625, 2nd Field Artillery Brigade was the son of George and Euphemia (nee STONE) DUNN.
This is a very sad and mysterious or mismanaged event. The record holds virtually no information regarding Ernest Edward DUNN’s movements or his death most which is unusual. It is filled with constant pleas for
information from many individuals & organizations and responses which display lack of any factual information. Presumably the chaos at Gallipoli is the reason but for the family it was a tragedy.
12/5/15 comrades report 1917-Said to be shot close to heart, probably died on hospital ship- in 2nd
Brigade Ammunition Column at that time.
In 1917 the findings of the court of Inquiry held at Rouen France 3/5/17 to 5/9/17 were as follows.
On the Casualty Form –Active Service
PROCEEDED TO JOIN B.E.F. GALLIPOLI 12/4/15
29/9/17 Received from A.A.G. (Army Advisory Group) Anzac Section 3rd Echelon G.H.Q. B.E.F.
Proceedings and findings of court of Inquiry held at Rouen France 3/5/17 to 5/9/17
DIED OF WOUNDS RECEIVED IN ACTION ON GALLIPOLI DURING THE MONTH OF MAY 1915
CONFIRMED W R Birdwood Lt General 23/9/17
Even when an identity disc is finally found and sent to his father in July 1920 no information is documented in his record regarding an exhumation and the record stands as No Known Grave.
George wrote on the back of the Receipt of the Consignment From the Defence Department when he signed and returned it in 1920 “ Thanks very much the disc is highly prized yours truly G.Dunn.”