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Randolph DUNBAR

Regimental number4481
Place of birthScone, New South Wales
SchoolScone Public School, New South Wales
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationLabourer
AddressHill Street, Scone, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation24
Height5' 8"
Weight141 lbs
Next of kinFather, C Dunbar, Hill Street, Scone, New South Wales
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date24 July 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll23 July 1915
Place of enlistmentCootamundra, New South Wales
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name13th Battalion, 14th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/30/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A70 Ballarat on 16 December 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll54th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 19-20 July 1916
Place of death or woundingFrance
Age at death24
Age at death from cemetery records25
Place of burialRue-Petillon Military Cemetery (Plot I, Row K, Grave No. 22), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
159
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Charles and Elizabeth DUNBAR, Hill Street, Scone, New South Wales
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Embarked Sydney, 16 February 1916; disembarked Egypt, 22 March 1916.

Joined 54th Bn, Ferry Post, 1 April 1916.

Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 19 June 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 29 June 1916.

Killed in action, 19/20 July 1916.

Buried Rue Petillon Military Cemetery, 20 July 1916.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNAA: B2455, DUNBAR Randolph

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