Dunlop G Pte 4387


Volunteers of Essendon and Flemington, 1914-1918

 

Dunlop G   Pte   4387    George                   23 Inf Bn    30    Labourer    Single    C of E        

Address:    Kensington, Edinburgh St, (NOK)    

Next of Kin:    Dunlop, A W, brother, Edinburgh St, Kensington    

Enlisted:    16 Nov 1914        

Embarked:     RMS Malwa 23 Apr 1916    

 

Date of death: 25/08/1916

VILLERS-BRETONNEUX MEMORIAL

 

War Service Commemorated

Essendon Gazette Roll of Honour killed

 

Australian Red Cross Wounded and Missing Enquiries Bureau Correspondence

 

Dunlop Pte G 4387


M Aug 25th/16I was on the same gun as Dunlop at Pozieres.  We were going into the front line before the company to get the guns into position.  I was alongside him when the parapet was blown in and he was buried.  When we got him out he was dead.  His body was taken to the rear for burial.
Eyewitness: Yes
Informant:  Cpl J H Rowe 483
23rd AIF
1st Southen General Hospital
King's Heath, Birmingham

 

http://static.awm.gov.au/images/collection/pdf/RCDIG1042004--1-.PDF

 

In Memoriam

 

DUNLOP.-In loving memory of my dear, great
friend, George, killed in action somewhere in France,
August 25, 1916.
Brave, steadfast, and true.
An Australian hero.
-(Inserted by his friend, Miss I. Smith.)
The Argus 25 August 1917
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article1645162

 

No further notices in The Argus to 1920.