DUNN, Thomas Patrick
| Service Number: | NX24775 |
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| Enlisted: | 3 June 1940 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2/1 Australian Corps TPS Ammunition Company |
| Born: | New South Wales, Australia , 31 October 1918 |
| Home Town: | Tuncurry, Great Lakes, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Motor Accident, Australia, 7 January 1943, aged 24 years |
| Cemetery: |
Lutwyche Cemetery, Brisbane, Qld ANZ 7 76 38 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Private, NX24775 | |
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| 3 Jun 1940: | Enlisted Private, NX24775, 2/1 Australian Corps TPS Ammunition Company | |
| 3 Jun 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, NX24775 |
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FATAL MOTOR ACCIDENT
After colliding with a car, which was considerably damaged, a military truck, driven by Thomas Patrick Dunn, a N.S.W. soldier, swerved across the road near Staplyton on Monday evening and hit some of the guide posts, then went over. Dunn was thrown many yards away on to the bitumen when, he sustained a fractured skull. He and two other inmates of the truck were brought to a Southport military hospital when Dunn passed away early on Tuesday morning. Those in the carwas not hurt.
DUNN.—In loving remembrance of Driver Thomas Patrick Dunn, who died on January 7, 1943, from injuries, received in an accident; beloved fiance of Beryl, only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Beitzel, Sinclair-street, Booval.
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