Territory Stories

Charles Dunbar

Details:

Title

Charles Dunbar,

Name

Charles Dunbar,

Also known as

Dunbar, Charles Killigrew,

Collection

Returned ANZACs, Territory ANZACs, First World War, 1914-1918,

Place of birth

Dandenong (Vic.),

Place of enlistment

Chermside (Qld.),

Date of enlistment

1915-10-06,

Age

35,

Occupation

Farmer,

Service

Australian Imperial Force,

Unit

10th Light Horse Regiment, Australian Remount Unit 2, Squadron 7,

Rank

Corporal,

Service number

2489,

Next of kin

Jean Dunbar - Sister ; Penshurst, Vic.,

Date of death

1905-04-17,

Place of death

Carlton (Vic.),

Biographical notes

Arrived in Darwin 18 June 1914 on SS 'West Australia' from Fremantle.,

History

Fourth Contingent October 1915. Transferred from 7 training battalion C Company 11 November 1915. Transferred to 10 Light Horse 15 October 1916. Unit embarked from Sydney on board RMS 'Orontes' on 10 November 1915. Returned to Australia 10 July 1919 on the 'Oxfordshire'. "Dunbar was the first of our lot to sail for Egypt , and I may say I was next" Jas D.B. Dymock.,

Subject

Australia. Army. Australian and New Zealand Army Corps, History, World War, 1914-1918, Northern Territory, ANZAC,

Related links

http://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/scripts/Imagine.asp?B=3525595, http://static.awm.gov.au/images/collection/items/ACCNUM_LARGE/RCDIG1067656%5CRCDIG1067656--230-.JPG, http://www.awm.gov.au/people/rolls/nominal_rolls/first_world_war/page/R1557898/, http://www.awm.gov.au/collection/awm4/10/15/, http://hdl.handle.net/10070/243112, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article3279955, http://hdl.handle.net/10070/243112 [Farewell Smoke Social Programme, Fourth Contingent, October 1915.], http://www.awm.gov.au/collection/awm4/10/15/ [Unit War Diary], http://static.awm.gov.au/images/collection/items/ACCNUM_LARGE/RCDIG1067656%5CRCDIG1067656--230-.JPG [Embarkation Roll - RMS 'Orontes'], http://www.awm.gov.au/people/rolls/nominal_rolls/first_world_war/page/R1557898/ [Nominal Roll], http://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/scripts/Imagine.asp?B=3525595 [Service Record], http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article3279955 ["Our Boys at the Front", Northern Territory Times and Gazette, 15 June 1916: p.15.],

Parent handle

http://hdl.handle.net/10070/226480,