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DUNN, Robert Alexander
Personal Details
| Service Numbers: | Not yet discovered |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Second Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | Australian Flying Corps (AFC) |
| Born: | Numurkah Moira Shire, Victoria, Australia, 3 February 1894 |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Accidental, Leighterton Cotswold District Gloucestershire, England,United Kingdom, 13 August 1918, aged 24 years |
| Cemetery: |
Leighterton Church Cemetery, Gloucestershire, England INSCRIPTION UNTIL THE DAY DAWNS AND SHADOWS FLEE AWAY SO DEARLY LOVED |
| Memorials: | Numurkah Anglican Church Roll of Honor |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 28 Feb 1918: | Involvement Australian Flying Corps (AFC), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Nestor embarkation_ship_number: A71 public_note: '' | |
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| 28 Feb 1918: | Embarked Australian Flying Corps (AFC), HMAT Nestor, Melbourne | |
| 13 Aug 1918: | Involvement Second Lieutenant, Australian Flying Corps (AFC), --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: awm_unit: Australian Flying Corps awm_rank: Second Lieutenant awm_died_date: 1918-08-13 |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
Only son of Alexander and Margaret Dunn of Numurkah, Victoria. He enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force on 26 March 1917 and embarked at Melbourne for overseas on 28 February 1918 per HMAT "Nestor" (A71). He died as a result of an aeroplane accident, aged 24 years.
Second Lieutenant, Special Draft, Australian Flying Corps.
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