DUNSTER, George
| Service Number: | 1012 |
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| Enlisted: | 19 December 1914, Liverpool, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 1st Light Horse Regiment |
| Born: | Tumut, NSW, 1875 |
| Home Town: | Cobar, Cobar, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Miner |
| Died: | Tuberculosis, Peritonitis, Orange Hosptial, Orange, NSW, 20 March 1925 |
| Cemetery: |
Orange General Cemetery, New South Wales Church of England, Sec: D, Grave: 351 |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 19 Dec 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1012, 1st Light Horse Regiment, Liverpool, NSW | |
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| 28 Jun 1915: | Involvement Private, 1012, 1st Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Clan MacEwen embarkation_ship_number: A65 public_note: '' | |
| 28 Jun 1915: | Embarked Private, 1012, 1st Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Clan MacEwen, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Henry Dunster, Adelong, New South Wales
OBITUARY.
MR. GEORGE DUNSTER.
The serious illness of Mr. George Dunster (says the Orange 'Leader') ended in his death in the Orange Hospital. Mr. Dunster served in the Boer War, and again in the German War. He was one of the Australians who figured at the Gallipoli landing, and subsequently was with the Light Horse in Egypt. It was there that he received a bullet in one of his lungs, which he carries to his grave, and was responsible for his being an invalid ever since. For many months he was a patient in the Randwick Military Hospital, and after being discharged from there, spent some time at Katoomba with a view to recuperation, coming to Orange about two years ago. A little over a week ago tubercular trouble, which had set up in the lungs, spread to the in testines, and peritonitis combined with this to cause the end. The deceased was a native of Tumut district, and in his 61st year. The love of empire was keen in him, as it was with his forebears, many of whom had figured in national conflicts with distinction in centuries that are past. It was his strong patriotism which urged him to use the necessary strat egy to be accepted for active service in the last war, when he was considered past the age which entitled him to do so. He was a single man, and cultivated few friendships, but those who were privileged with being intimate with him were constrained to have a high regard for him. A voracious reader, his conversational powers were far above the average, his opinions on topical matters always well-grounded, and his quotations from popular authors invariably made in good season. His pride in Australia and all that is Australian was only equalled by the fervor which he displayed towards all that counted with the empire of which it forms a part.
The local branch of the Manchester United Order of Oddfellows, of which he was a member of over 30 years' standing, made the necessary arrangements for the funeral. The deceased's connections are residents of the Tumut district, and it was there that he was interested in landed pursuits for a long time.