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Albert Edward DUNSHEA

Regimental number7174
SchoolTeralba Public School via Newcastle, New South Wales
ReligionRoman Catholic
OccupationHairdresser
AddressWaterloo, New South Wales
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation35
Next of kinWife, Mrs Margaret Eveleen Dunshea, 150 Elizabeth Street, Waterloo, New South Wales
Enlistment date22 January 1918
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll21 January 1918
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name19th Battalion, 21st Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/36/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A71 Nestor on 28 February 1918
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll34th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 23 August 1918
Place of death or woundingBattle of Ettenheim near the River Somme
Age at death36
Age at death from cemetery records36
Place of burialDaours Communal Cemetery Extension (Plot V, Row C, Grave No. 15), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
123
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: John and Rlizabeth DUNSHEA, husband of Margaret E, DUNSHEA, of Braybrook, Wellington, Street, Mascot, Sydney. Native of Greta, New South Wales
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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