LUNN, Arthur
| Service Number: | 354 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen |
| Born: | Sheffield, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, 19 March 1880 |
| Home Town: | Woombye, Sunshine Coast, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 12 September 1974, aged 94 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: |
Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Private, 354 | |
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| 4 Apr 1901: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 354, 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 506 notes 6th QIB embarked at Pinkenba 4 Apr 1901 aboard Victoria arriving Cape Town 2 May 1901. | |
| 23 Jun 1902: | Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 354, 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 508 notes 6th QIB embarked at Durban 17 May 1902 aboard Devon returning to Australia arriving Brisbane 17 Jun 1902, disbanded 23 Jun 1902. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Claude McKelvey
Also served in WW1, Private S.N. 760 & 760A, 7th Machine Gun Company and 9th Infantry Battalion, AIF.
His older brother, Richard Lunn, also served in the Boer war, Coproral S.N. 363, 4th Queensland Imperial Bushmen.
When Arthur Lunn enlisted in 1901 in the 6th QIB and his details were published with the rank and file in The Queenslander, 13 Apr 1901, he noted his N.O.K. as J. Lunn, Nambour. In the original Nominal Roll for the 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen Coningent, held by National Archives, it is noted his N.O.K. was his father.
In 1917 he enlisted again for WW1 and on his Attestation Paper, dated 16 Jan 1917, it is noted that; he was born at Sheffield, England, and was 36 years 10 months of age; he was married with the occupation of Coach Builder; his N.O.K. was his wife Mrs. Maggie Coleman Lunn, Woombye; and he had previously served in South Africa.
Arthur Lunn was born on 19 Mar 1880 at Sheffield, Yorkshire, England, a son to John Lunn and Emma Lunn (nee Theaker). he married Maggie Coleman Robinson on 14 Mar 1912 in Queensland.
He was only a few years old when he emigrated with his parents to the Maroochy area of Queensland, Australia, eventually settling at Nambour where his father became an engineer and then manager at the Nambour sugar mill.
(source- AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 516; National Archives Australia- B 5172 Nominal Roll of 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen Contingent Queensland Defence Force for service in South Africa, p. 5; National Archives Australia- WW1 service record).
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