DUNSTAN, Thomas
| Service Number: | 3790 |
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| Enlisted: | 8 May 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 30th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia, 10 June 1888 |
| Home Town: | Granville, Parramatta, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Fitter's laborer |
| Died: | Killed in action, Belgium, 28 September 1917, aged 29 years |
| Cemetery: |
Bedford House Cemetery, Flanders, Belgium Enclosure No.4 Plot XI, Row A, Grave 57. |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Granville St Mark's Anglican Church Memorial Windows, Granville War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 8 May 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3790, 30th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 24 Aug 1916: | Involvement Private, 3790, 30th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Anchises embarkation_ship_number: A68 public_note: '' | |
| 24 Aug 1916: | Embarked Private, 3790, 30th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Anchises, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Thomas Dunstan was the son of Edith Walton Johns; his father having died in a mining accident in Queensland when he was born. Edith having remarried, had a second son, 2195 Pte. William John Johns, 56th Battalion AIF, killed in action 2 April, 1917, aged 20.
A third son, 6129 Edward Johns was returned to Australia in late 1917, due to the death of his two brothers.
Thomas was killed by a shell burst in Belgium and his mates buried him close to where he fell. His battlefield grave was found in 1922, and his remains were identified by the presence of his identity disc.
Thomas was married to Jessie and was the father to three small children. Jessie received his identity disc in 1923, along with a letter from the AIF, “this memento though now somewhat impaired through long exposure will doubtless be valued on account of its former intimate association with the late soldier."
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