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DUNKINSON, Samuel James
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 1242 |
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| Enlisted: | 25 March 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Trooper |
| Last Unit: | 7th Light Horse Regiment |
| Born: | Hay, New South Wales, Australia, 1889 |
| Home Town: | Hay, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Boundary rider |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Egypt, 5 August 1916 |
| Cemetery: |
Kantara War Memorial Cemetery Kantara War Memorial Cemetery, Suez Canal, Egypt |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 25 Mar 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1242, 7th Light Horse Regiment | |
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| 30 Sep 1915: | Involvement Private, 1242, 7th Light Horse Regiment, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Argyllshire embarkation_ship_number: A8 public_note: '' | |
| 30 Sep 1915: | Embarked Private, 1242, 7th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Argyllshire, Sydney | |
| 5 Aug 1916: | Involvement Trooper, 1242, 7th Light Horse Regiment, Battle for Pozières , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1242 awm_unit: 7th Australian Light Horse Regiment awm_rank: Trooper awm_died_date: 1916-08-05 |
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Killed in action at Romani Egypt 5 August 1915.
His brothers both won the Military Medal; 6253 Private Albert Edward Dunkinson M.M. 4th Battalion AIF, returned to Australia 31 May 1919 and 6537 Private Ernest Dunkinson M.M. 18th Battalion AIF, returned to Australia 22 September 1919.
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