DUNSTAN, Albert Clarence
| Service Number: | VX51645 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 18 March 1941, Royal Park, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Lance Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/23rd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Port Adelaide, South Australia, 10 August 1923 |
| Home Town: | Rosewater (Greytown), Port Adelaide Enfield, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Butcher |
| Died: | Natural causes (cancer), Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, 28 October 1994, aged 71 years |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Australian Capital Territory Garden of Remembrance |
World War 2 Service
| 18 Mar 1941: | Enlisted Private, VX51645, Royal Park, Victoria | |
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| 18 Mar 1941: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lance Sergeant, VX51645 | |
| 21 Jan 1947: | Discharged Lance Sergeant, VX51645, 2nd/23rd Infantry Battalion |
About Bert Dunstan
On the eve of the 100 years of celebrating the Gallipoli campaign I found this site, via a Google search.
I am the eldest of Bert(deceased October 1994) and Betty's (deceased July 2010) four children, they were wonderful parents of 4 children and grandparents of 13 grandchildren.
They are sadly missed.
My father was born on the 10th August 1923, not as your records state 10th August 1919, he like many others falsified his age and my grandfather's signature approving his enlistment.
My father joined up in Victoria and served in Egypt (where he sustained acute tonsillitis which rendered his tonsils necrotic, they were removed in a field hospital and he held the bowl!), Palestine and El Alamein, he was wounded in the latter dispute by a booby trap hand grenade mine which blew the bottom out of his foot and left him in hospital for some 18 months and countless skin grafts.
He rarely spoke of war and only marched once at an Anzac parade, he constantly spoke of the futility or war.
He was a remarkable man.
Vale Bert Dunstan, my wonderful father and hero.
Doug Dunstan
24 April 2015
Submitted 24 April 2015 by Douglas Dunstan
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