Regimental number | 4483 |
Place of birth | Carlton, Victoria |
School | Sacred Heart School, Carlton, Victoria |
Religion | Roman Catholic |
Occupation | Canister maker |
Address | Faraday, Connemarra Street, Bexley, New South Wales |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 23 |
Height | 5' 5" |
Weight | 140 lbs |
Next of kin | Father, W Dunstan, Faraday, Connemarra Street, Bexley, New South Wales |
Previous military service | Served as volunteer in St George Rifles, Bexley, New South Wales; discharged at own request. |
Enlistment date | |
Place of enlistment | Liverpool, New South Wales |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 13th Battalion, 14th Reinforcement |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/30/4 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A70 Ballarat on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Private |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 54th Battalion |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Place of death or wounding | France |
Age at death | 23.11 |
Age at death from cemetery records | 23 |
Place of burial | Fromelles (Pheasant Wood) Military Cemetery (Plot I, Row E, Grave No 1), France |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 159 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: William and Catherine Louisa DUNSTAN, 'Faraday', Coonemara Street, Bexley, New South Wlaes |
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. Admitted to 15th Field Ambulance, 6 April 1916, and transferred same day to No 2 Casualty Clearing Station (neutral regurgitaburn); discharged to unit for duty, 10 April 1916. Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 19 June 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 29 June 1916. Note on Form B103: 'Sent to Field Amb. Wounded, 20/7/16.' Killed in action, 20 July 1916. Note on Form B103: '[Name] Extracted from List of dead men whose pay books were handed in to German Authorities by Geneva Red Cross.' Red Cross File No 970709: 'Prisoner of war. Pay Book in hands of the Germans. Cert. by German Death List 9-9-16.' 'Identity disc received from Germany and despatched to N/K. 31.7.17.' Letter, Australia house, London, to Base Records, Melbourne, 10 July 1924: ' ... according to a German Burial List received, Pte. Dunstan was buried in Fromelles Field Graves, and ... the investigation of the burials recorded on this German List is now proceeding.' Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal Originally listed as 'No Known Grave' and commemorated at V.C. Corner (Panel No 10), Australian Cemetery, Fromelles; subsequently (2010) identified, and interred in the Fromelles (Pheasant Wood) Military Cemetery, France. |
Sources | NAA: B2455, DUNSTAN Benedict John Arthur
Red Cross file 970709 |