DUNNELL, Harry
| Service Number: | QX521 |
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| Enlisted: | 22 October 1939 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/9th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 9 April 1913 |
| Home Town: | West End, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Schooling: | West End State School |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Egypt, 15 August 1941, aged 28 years |
| Cemetery: |
Knightsbridge War Cemetery, Acroma, Libya 7 A 15 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Private, QX521 | |
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| 22 Oct 1939: | Enlisted | |
| 22 Oct 1939: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, QX521, 2nd/9th Infantry Battalion, Brisbane, Qld. | |
| 17 Aug 1941: | Discharged |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Bertram and Emily Hannah Dunnell, of West End, Queensland, Australia.
NOT JUST TODAY BUT EVERY DAY WE REMEMBER YOU
Mr. and Mrs. B. Dunnell, of Ferry Street, West End, have been advised that their son, Private Harry Dunnell was killed in action on August 17. In a letter from the acting leader of his son's platoon, Mr. Dunnell has been told that his son "died with his face lo the enemy, He always stuck to is guns and did his duty well."
Private Dunnell, who enlisted two years ago, was 28 years of age. He was a former pupil of the West End State School.
DUNNELL.—In loving memory of my dear Son, Harry Dunnell, QX521, who was killed in action at Tobruk, on 17th August, 1941.
Inserted by his loving Father and Brother, Jack, and Sister-in-law.
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