DUNN, Alfred William George
| Other Name: | Dunn, George |
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| Service Number: | 710 |
| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Trooper |
| Last Unit: | 6th Light Horse Regiment |
| Born: | Merimbula, New South Wales, Australia , date not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Merimbula, Bega Valley, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | State School, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Pneumonia, Greece, 3 June 1915, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
East Mudros Military Cemetery Plot I, Row A, Grave 19 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Merimbula War Memorial, Pambula District Soldiers Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 20 Feb 1915: | Involvement Private, 710, 6th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Marere embarkation_ship_number: A21 public_note: '' | |
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| 20 Feb 1915: | Embarked Private, 710, 6th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Marere, Sydney | |
| 28 May 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Trooper, 6th Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
George Dunn was the son of James Leonard Dunn and Elizabeth Dunn, of Merimbula, New South Wales.
His younger brother, 6538 Pte. Helier Leslie Cecil Dunn 1st Australian Machine Gun Battalion later died of wounds in France on 15 November 1917, aged 23.
George proceeded to join the 6th Light Horse Regiment on Gallipoli, 15 May 1915. He fell sick less than a fortnight later and was transferred to 1st Australian Casualty Clearing Station, 28 May 1915 and evacuated to Mudros the same day. He died of pneumonia aboard the Hospital Ship 'Franconia' at Lemnos Island, 3 June 1915 was buried on Lemnos Island the next day.
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