Rank: Private
Unit: 27th Battalion Born: 2nd February 1894, Mallala, Sth Aust Son of Charles Richard Day & Helen Maud nee Strongman Next of Kin: Mother - Mrs Helen Maud Day, Loxton, Sth Aust. Occupation prior to Enlistment: Farm Labourer Enlisted: 19th April 1916, Adelaide, Sth Aust Embarked for Overseas 12th August 1916 from Adelaide per HMAT "Ballarat" Served in France Returned to Australia 22nd July 1919 per HT "Bremen" Discharged: 6th February 1920 Died: 26th December 1965 Resting: Centennial Park, Sth Aust. |
Rank: Private
Unit: 12th Battalion Born: 14th August 1888, Gawler, Sth Aust Son of Adolph Dorling & Emily nee Schumaker, Gawler, Sth Aust Next of Kin: Mother - Mrs Alma Dorling, High street, Gawler Occupation prior to Enlistment: Labourer 1307 Enlisted: 30th November 1914, Oaklands, Sth Aust Embarked for Overseas from Adelaide per HMAT "Itonus" on 2nd February 1915 Returned to Australia 14th May 1916 & Discharged 7th September 1916 18495 Re-Enlisted 2nd June 1917 into 8th Field Ambulance Embarked for Overseas 30th October 1917, from Melbourne, Victoria per "Aeneas" Returned to Australia 30th January 1919 Discharged: 15th April 1919 |
Rank: Sapper
Unit: 2nd Tunnel Company Born: 12th June 1885, Gawler South, Sth Aust. Son of Allan Arthur Dunbar & Sophia nee Wells Next of Kin: Father - Alan Arthur Dunbar, Chief Street, Brompton, Sth Aust. Occupation prior to Enlistment: Blacksmith Enlisted: 29th September 1915, Adelaide, Sth Aust. Embarked for Overseas: 20th February 1916 from Sydney, N.S.W. per HMAT 'Ulysses" Returned to Australia 26th June 1919 per HT "Orantes" Discharged: 25th August 1919 Died: 13th November 1966 Resting: Crematorium Rose Gardens, Karrakatta Cemetery, W.A. - Garden 10D, Position 0043 Awarded Military Medal Promulgated Commonwealth of Australia Gazette dated 10th October 1919, page 1498 During the operations against the Hindenburg Line on the morning of the 29th September, in the neighbourhood of Bellicourt, he was engaged with a party searching for enemy mines - Sapper Dunbar removed several dangerous booby traps from dugouts and assisted in the capture of many prisoners. He also detected and removed a large number of road mines. The whole of the day he worked under heavy shell and machine gun fire, during which 50% of his party became casualties. |
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