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LUNN, Richard Denis
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 2188 |
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| Enlisted: | 2 April 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 4th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Limerick, Ireland, 1891 |
| Home Town: | Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Christain Brothers Schools, Ireland |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 6 August 1915 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 2 Apr 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2188, 4th Infantry Battalion |
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World War 2 Service
| 28 Apr 1915: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2188, 4th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW |
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World War 1 Service
| 16 Jun 1915: | Involvement Private, 2188, 4th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Karoola embarkation_ship_number: A63 public_note: '' | |
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| 16 Jun 1915: | Embarked Private, 2188, 4th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Karoola, Sydney |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Next of kin given as his sister Mary Lunn of 11 Wickham Street, Limerick, Ireland
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Biography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Richard Lunn was one of the 155 men of the 6th reinforcements to the 4th Battalion embarked from Sydney on 16 June 1915. They stopped at Fremantle on the way and they disembarked in Egypt on the 21st July and only two weeks later the bulk of them landed the at Anzac to reinforce the 4th Battalion. No time for training.
They landed at Gallipoli on the 4 August 1915.
Richard was killed in action during the attack on Lone Pine two days later.