Albert James DUNSTER

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DUNSTER, Albert James

Service Number:	2304
Enlisted:	27 July 1916
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	39th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Glenorchy, Victoria, Australia, 1892
Home Town:	Willaura, Ararat, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Farmer
Died:	Died of wounds, France, 30 April 1917
Cemetery:	Trois Arbres Cemetery, Steenwerck, Nord Pas de Calais Plot 1, Row H, Grave 19
Memorials:	Ararat Shire of Ararat WWI Roll of Honor, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Willaura Avenue of Honour Memorial, Willaura War Memorial

World War 1 Service

27 Jul 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2304, 39th Infantry Battalion
20 Oct 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2304, 39th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Lincoln embarkation_ship_number: A17 public_note: ''
30 Apr 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2304, 39th Infantry Battalion, German Withdrawal to Hindenburg Line and Outpost Villages, Died of Wounds 30 April 1917

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Biography contributed by Stephen Brooks

On 30 April 1917 the 39th Battalion were in the front lines near the Belgian town of Ploegsteert. At around 4 am the Germans began an intense artillery barrage and launched a raid against part of the Australian line. Men of the 39th Battalion managed to drive off a party of as many as 80 enemy soldiers, but suffered more than 60 casualties from enemy shell-fire, including 14 killed.

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