DULLEA, Michael
| Service Number: | 4166 |
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| Enlisted: | 26 August 1915, Adelaide, South Australia |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 4th Pioneer Battalion |
| Born: | Burra, South Australia, 21 July 1878 |
| Home Town: | Saddleworth, Clare and Gilbert Valleys, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Miner |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Pozieres, France, 3 August 1916, aged 38 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Saddleworth Institute Roll of Honor WW1, Saddleworth Memorial Trees Plaque, Saddleworth St. Aidans Church Roll of Honour, Saddleworth War Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
World War 1 Service
| 26 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Adelaide, South Australia | |
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| 11 Jan 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4166, 10th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Borda embarkation_ship_number: A30 public_note: '' | |
| 11 Jan 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 4166, 10th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Borda, Adelaide | |
| 3 Aug 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Corporal, 4166, 4th Pioneer Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 4166 awm_unit: 4th Australian Pioneer Battalion awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1916-08-03 |
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"THE LATE CORPORAL M. DULLEA.
News was received at Saddleworth on Friday that Corporal M. Dullea was killed in France on August 3. He was the eldest son of Mrs. M. and the late Daniel Dullea, of Saddleworth. He enlisted in August, 1915, and after serving for some time in Egypt he went to France. Corporal Dullea, who was 38 years of age, who was a typical Australian, being powerfully built, and capable of enduring much hardship. He was much respected in Saddleworth, where he spent his boyhood. Three others brothers are at the front." - from the Adelaide Advertiser 31 Aug 1916 (nla.gov.au)
"SADDLEWORTH
Great regret was expressed when news was received on Friday, August 25, that Corporal Michael Dullea had been killed in France on August 3. Deceased was 38 years of age and was the oldest son of Mrs. M. Dullea and the late Mr. Daniel Dullea, of Saddleworth, where the family have resided for the last 26 years. He came down from near Broken Hill in August, 1915, and enlisted. There are three brothers fighting at the front at the present time." - from the Kapunda Herald 01 Sep 1916 (nla.gov.au)
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