Edward DUNN

DUNN, Edward

Service Number: 4012
Enlisted: 31 March 1916, Place of enlistment - Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank: Sapper
Last Unit: 2nd Tunnelling Company (inc. 5th Tunnelling Company)
Born: Wolstanton, England, 1885
Home Town: Zeehan, West Coast, Tasmania
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Greaser/Engineer
Died: Broncho Pneumonia, France, 29 December 1918
Cemetery: Dijon (les Pejoces) Communal Cemetery
Polygon, TAE, Grave 22 Headstone Inscription "BELOVED SON OF JOHN AND MARGARET DUNN OF ZEEHAN, TASMANIA",
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial
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World War 1 Service

31 Mar 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, 4012, Tunnelling Companies, Place of enlistment - Melbourne, Victoria
25 May 1916: Embarked AIF WW1, Sapper, 4012, Tunnelling Companies, Embarked on HMAT 'A69' Warilda from Melbourne on 25th May 1916.
28 Aug 1916: Embarked AIF WW1, Sapper, 4012, Tunnelling Companies, Proceeded overseas to France.
29 Sep 1916: Transferred AIF WW1, Sapper, 2nd Tunnelling Company (inc. 5th Tunnelling Company)
10 Jul 1917: Imprisoned Reported missing 10th July 1917, captured and interred at Dulmen, Munster then Lechfeld, Munich then repatriated to France, however succummbed to broncho pneumonia at Dannes Camiers..
29 Dec 1918: Involvement AIF WW1, Sapper, 4012, 2nd Tunnelling Company (inc. 5th Tunnelling Company), --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 4012 awm_unit: 2nd Australian Tunnelling Company awm_rank: Sapper awm_died_date: 1918-12-29

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Biography contributed by Daryl Jones

Son of John and Margaret DUNN, of Imperial Hotel, Zeehan, Tasmania.