DUNHILL, Geoffrey Gordon
| Service Number: | 8377 |
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| Enlisted: | 19 August 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Gunner |
| Last Unit: | 6th Field Artillery Brigade |
| Born: | Adelaide, South Australia, date not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Walkerville, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Walkerville Publlc School, South Australia |
| Occupation: | Blacksmith |
| Died: | Died of wounds, Belgium, 26 October 1917, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
The Huts Cemetery, Dickebusch, Belgium |
| Memorials: | Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Gilberton Soldiers Memorial Swimming Reserve, North Adelaide Baptist Church Honour Roll, Walkerville St. Andrew's Anglican Church Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 19 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private | |
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| 22 Nov 1915: | Involvement Gunner, 8377, 6th Field Artillery Brigade , Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Persic embarkation_ship_number: A34 public_note: '' | |
| 22 Nov 1915: | Embarked Gunner, 8377, 6th Field Artillery Brigade , HMAT Persic, Melbourne |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Nicholas Egan
Margaret Phillips
Club Historian Gilberton Amateur Swimming Club Inc.
Geoffrey attended Walkerville Primary School and served in the 34 th Battery Australian Field Artillery Cadets and Citizen Military Forces prior to enlistment.
The Persic was bound for France but the A.I.F. disembarked at Alexandria Egypt where they boarded the H.T. Arcadian, arriving in Marseilles on the 23rd of March 1916. Geoffrey suffered bronchitis and was hospitalized for a short time during September of that year but otherwise remained with his battery.
On the 4th of February, 1917, during the attack on “Stormy Trench”, Geoffrey was involved in brave action that lead him to be recommended for a Military Medal, which was gazetted in London on 17 April 1917. In June of the same year he was shot in the right shoulder and back, as a result of this he was shipped back to England on the Hospital ship to recover. He re-joined his brigade in France on the 6th October 1917 but transferred to the 18 th Australian Field Artillery in support of a Canadian attack on Passchendale. He was wounded on 26 th October and died the same day at the 15th Australian Field Ambulance. He was then buried at the Huts Military Cemetery just North West of Dickebusch, Belgium, Plot 12. Row B. Grave 17.
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