Edward GUNNING

Edward GUNNING Update Details

If you confirm that you want to proceed with the update, this record will be locked for editing by all other users until you have finished. You will have 7 days to complete your changes before they will be automatically submitted.

Do you want to proceed?

Service Number:	1590
Enlisted:	21 December 1914, Seymour, Victoria, Australia
Last Rank:	Sergeant
Last Unit:	24th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Wy Yung, Victoria, Australia, 1891
Home Town:	Bairnsdale, East Gippsland, Victoria
Schooling:	Wy Yung State School, Victoria, Australia
Occupation:	Surveyor
Died:	Killed in Action, Gallipoli, 29 November 1915
Cemetery:	Lone Pine Cemetery, ANZAC Plot I, Row C, Grave 30,
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Queenscliff Royal Australian Garrison Artillery Third Military District Honor Roll

21 Dec 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1590, Seymour, Victoria, Australia
25 Jun 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1590, 24th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: ''
25 Jun 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1590, 24th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Melbourne
29 Nov 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Sergeant, 1590, 24th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1590 awm_unit: 24 Battalion awm_rank: Sergeant awm_died_date: 1915-11-29

Help us honour Edward Gunning's service by contributing information, stories, and images so that they can be preserved for future generations.

His younger brother 1597 Pte. John Charles Gunning (/explore/people/292402) enlisted at the same time and both were posted to the same unit and embarked together.

John survived and returned to Australia in January 1917

For further reading please use links to the left of this page