DUNSTONE, Thomas Stewart
| Service Numbers: | S22754, SX11206 |
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| Enlisted: | 20 December 1938, Port Pirie, SA |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/43rd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Blyth, SA, 23 February 1911 |
| Home Town: | Port Pirie, Port Pirie City and Dists, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Civil Servant (PMG) |
| Died: | Illness, Syria, 20 June 1942, aged 31 years |
| Cemetery: |
Beirut War Cemetery 3. G. 3. |
| Memorials: | Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Blyth District Council WW2 Honour Roll, City of Port Pirie WW2 Memorial Gates |
World War 2 Service
| 20 Dec 1938: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, S22754, Port Pirie, SA | |
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| 4 Feb 1941: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, SX11206, 2nd/43rd Infantry Battalion, Wayville, SA |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Alfred and Emily Janet Dunstone, of Clare, South Australia.
TOO FAR AWAY YOUR GRAVE TO SEE BUT NOT TOO FAR TO EVER THINK OF THEE
Cpl. Thomas Stewart Dunstone, who before his enlistment was a member of Pirie Post Office staff, enlisted at the beginning of 1941 and left Australia for overseas a couple of mouths later. He was in Palestine, Tobruk, aud when last heard of was in Syria. He was a son of Mrs. and the late Mr. A. Dunstone. His father was for many years clerk of the district council of Blyth. Cpl. Dunstone joined the postal staff in, Pirie in 1934, and was farewelled by his comrades on January 23, 1941. He was single.
Though news is meagre it is stated that Cpl. Dunstone died following an operation for appendicitis. This week he had been officially announced as being on the dangerously ill list. His mother is at present residing with another son in Western Australia. Cpl. Dunstone had a host of friends in this town who will convey an expression of sympathy to the mother.
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