DUNKLEY, Andrew Robert
| Service Number: | 1748 |
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| Enlisted: | 3 October 1914, Fitzroy, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Second Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1) |
| Born: | Zeehan, Tasmania, Australia, 29 October 1885 |
| Home Town: | Hobart, Tasmania |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Miner |
| Died: | Killed In Action, Mouquet Farm, France, 3 September 1916, aged 30 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
| Memorials: | Hobart All Saints Church Honour Roll, Hobart Roll of Honour, Moora WWI Honour Wall, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
World War 1 Service
| 3 Oct 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Fitzroy, Victoria | |
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| 15 Feb 1915: | Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 11th Infantry Battalion, WA | |
| 19 Apr 1915: |
Involvement
AIF WW1, Private, 1748, 11th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Argyllshire embarkation_ship_number: A8 public_note: '' |
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| 19 Apr 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1748, 11th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Argyllshire, Fremantle | |
| 4 Jun 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Sergeant, 1748, 11th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli | |
| 1 Mar 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Company Sergeant Major, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1), Egypt | |
| 1 Apr 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Regimental Sergeant Major, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1), Egypt | |
| 26 Aug 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1), France | |
| 3 Sep 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1), Battle for Pozières , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: awm_unit: 51 Battalion awm_rank: Second Lieutenant awm_died_date: 1916-09-03 |
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"...1748 Sergeant (later Second Lieutenant) Andrew Robert Dunkley... a 28 year old miner of Hobart Tas, enlisted in Fitzroy, Vic on 3 October 1914 and embarked from Fremantle, WA on the HMAT Argyllshire on 19 April 1915, with the 4th Reinforcements, 11th Infantry Battalion. 2nd Lt Dunkley was killed in action at Mouquet Farm, Pozieres Area, France, on 3 September 1916, as a member of the 51st Battalion. Prior to his enlistment, 2nd Lt Dunkley was an ardent Secretary for the mining members of the Australian Workers Association." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)
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