DUNDAS, Edward Ernest
| Service Number: | 2113 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 8th Light Horse Regiment |
| Born: | Ulster, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom, date not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | St Kilda East, Port Phillip, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Portora Royal School, Enniskillen, Northern Ireland. |
| Occupation: | Grazier |
| Died: | New Zealand, 3 April 1955, cause of death not yet discovered, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Hokitika Municipal Cemetery, Westland District, West Coast, New Zealand Block RSA No.1, Plot 128 |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 7 Apr 1916: | Involvement Private, 2113, 8th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Barunga embarkation_ship_number: A43 public_note: '' | |
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| 7 Apr 1916: | Embarked Private, 2113, 8th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Barunga, Melbourne |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
Enlistment date-12 October 1915
Place of enlistment-Melbourne, Victoria
8th Light Horse Regiment, 15th Reinforcement.
Address-'Roscor', Alma Road, East St Kilda, Victoria
Age at embarkation-19
AWM Embarkation Roll number-10/13/4
Embarkation details
Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A43 Barunga on 7 April 1916
8th Light Horse Regiment
Discharged 8 October 1919
Next of kin
Father, Robert W Dundas, 'Roscor House', Belleck, County Fermough, Ireland.
Sources
NAA: B2455, DUNDAS Edward Ernest
He is remembered, along with Edwin Vere Proctor [21st Battalion, C Company] on the Portora Great War Roll of Honour at Enniskillen, Portora Royal School.
Also on this Great War Roll of Honour, are Australian soldiers, F.C. Crossle and J. de C. Harrison
Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
Also on this Great War Roll of Honour, are F.C. Crossle and Captain John de Courcy Harrison who served with the 10th Infantry Battalion in WWI, but no record of Australian soldier, F.C. Crossle has been found.
Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
He later lived in New Zealand and served with New Zealand forces in WWII. Died aged 59.
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