THOMAS+DUNN

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Dunn, Thomas, Private, 2223, 37th Battalion, Australian Infantry Date of death 27th October 1917, aged 29 Son of George and Susannah Dunn, of Church Broughton, Derby, England Buried in Boulogne Eastern Cemetery, VIII, I, 84

Service Record available from the National Archives of Australia: http://naa12.naa.gov.au/scripts/imagine.asp?B=3528571&I=1&SE=1

Enlisted 13th March 1916, at Melbourne, Victoria Aged 28 years and 1month Born Derby, England Employed as a labourer Next of kin, his father, George Dunn, of Church Broughton, Derby, England Height: 5 feet 5¾ inches Weight: 139 pounds Chest Measurement: 33/36 inches Fresh complexion Blue eyes Dark brown hair Religious denomination: Church of England

Record of service: 26th September 1916, embarked from Port Melbourne aboard H.M.A.T. Shropshire 11th November 1916, disembarked at Plymouth, England 20th December 1916, embarked from Folkestone, England, aboard the Princess Victoria, for France 21st December 1916, arrived Etaples 16th January 1917, joined unit (37th Battalion) 1st February 1917, to hospital sick (scabies) 13th March 1917, rejoined unit from hospital 27th April 1917, detached for duty with 3rd Canadian Tunnelling Company 4th May 1917, rejoined unit (37th Battalion) 5th May 1917, Catacomb Pluegstreet, conduct to the prejudice of good order and military discipline, in that he a) absented himself from billets without leave, and b) being warned for duty he failed to report for same, awarded a) 14 days Field Punishment No. 2, and b) charge dismissed. Also forfeited 14 days pay 7th September 1917, to hospital sick (measles) 8th October 1917, rejoined unit 12th October 1917, to hospital wounded in action (gun-shot wounds to head and left leg) 27th October 1917, 57th General Hospital, St. Omer, France, died of wounds (gun-shot wound to left thigh and gas gangrene)