~~~~~~~~~~Summary of Military Service History World War One~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Service number:---1889
Born:--- Orange, New South Wales.
Schooling:--- Orange Superior Public School and Newington College, Sydney, NSW
Religion:--- Methodist
Civilian Employment:--- Clergyman
Home Address:--- 88 Lord Street, Orange, New South Wales
Marital status:--- Single
Age on enlistment:--- 35 years and 1 month.
Next of kin:--- Father, William Dunbar, 88 Lord Street, Orange, New South Wales
Enlisted:--- 14th September 1915, at Warwick Farm Depot, New South Wales.
Rank on enlistment:--- Private
Unit on enlistment:---12th Australian Light Horse Regiment, 11th Reinforcement, AIF
Last Rank:---Commissioned Captain / Chaplain (Class 4)
Last Unit :--- 4th Australian Light Horse Brigade, AIF.
Fate:--- Killed in Action, 7 November 1917, Palestine, aged 37 years.
Burial:---- Gaza War Cemetery, Palestine
Parents:---William Dunbar and Victoria Matilda Middleton married 1877 at Quirindi NSW
War service:--- Egypt, Palestine
Medals:--- British War Medal, Victory Medal
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Account of Captain Dunbar's Death~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
William James DUNBAR
Chaplain 4th Class, Australian Army Chaplains Department attached to 11th Australian Light Horse. He was killed on active service on 7 November 1917 during the Battle of Sheria. He was 37. He was the son of William and Victoria Matilda Dunbar, 88 Lord Street, Orange, New South Wales
He is buried in grave XII E 3 Gaza War Cemetery
During the afternoon a call was made for stretcher-bearers at the 11th Regiment's headquarters just south of the wadi. Chaplain W J Dunbar, the regimental Padre, an Australian Methodist clergyman who had joined the light horse as a trooper and had been promoted in the field, was among those who at once volunteered. Crossing the wadi on his horse Dunbar rode forward under heavy fire, the one horseman on the landscape, to some little straw-stacks, where he engaged in dressing a number of wounded men. While he was there Trooper W P Forster who had been with Brierty and had been only slightly wounded, rose from amidst the mass of dead horses, and, avoiding the Turks, ran towards the wadi. Dunbar, despite the protests of a few men at the straw-stacks, at once dashed out to meet him. As Forster ran, the German machine-gunners opened fire. For some time the bullets cut up the dust close behind him; and, as he went on unhit, and the chaplain ran to join him, every Londoner and Australian lying on the exposed slope and breathlessly watching the two men, prayed for their escape. Forster was hit and fell but he rose at once and, staggering on, met Dunbar; then both men, coming under a stream of bullets, were killed.
Service number:---1889
Born:--- Orange, New South Wales.
Schooling:--- Orange Superior Public School and Newington College, Sydney, NSW
Religion:--- Methodist
Civilian Employment:--- Clergyman
Home Address:--- 88 Lord Street, Orange, New South Wales
Marital status:--- Single
Age on enlistment:--- 35 years and 1 month.
Next of kin:--- Father, William Dunbar, 88 Lord Street, Orange, New South Wales
Enlisted:--- 14th September 1915, at Warwick Farm Depot, New South Wales.
Rank on enlistment:--- Private
Unit on enlistment:---12th Australian Light Horse Regiment, 11th Reinforcement, AIF
Last Rank:---Commissioned Captain / Chaplain (Class 4)
Last Unit :--- 4th Australian Light Horse Brigade, AIF.
Fate:--- Killed in Action, 7 November 1917, Palestine, aged 37 years.
Burial:---- Gaza War Cemetery, Palestine
Parents:---William Dunbar and Victoria Matilda Middleton married 1877 at Quirindi NSW
War service:--- Egypt, Palestine
Medals:--- British War Medal, Victory Medal
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Account of Captain Dunbar's Death~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
William James DUNBAR
Chaplain 4th Class, Australian Army Chaplains Department attached to 11th Australian Light Horse. He was killed on active service on 7 November 1917 during the Battle of Sheria. He was 37. He was the son of William and Victoria Matilda Dunbar, 88 Lord Street, Orange, New South Wales
He is buried in grave XII E 3 Gaza War Cemetery
During the afternoon a call was made for stretcher-bearers at the 11th Regiment's headquarters just south of the wadi. Chaplain W J Dunbar, the regimental Padre, an Australian Methodist clergyman who had joined the light horse as a trooper and had been promoted in the field, was among those who at once volunteered. Crossing the wadi on his horse Dunbar rode forward under heavy fire, the one horseman on the landscape, to some little straw-stacks, where he engaged in dressing a number of wounded men. While he was there Trooper W P Forster who had been with Brierty and had been only slightly wounded, rose from amidst the mass of dead horses, and, avoiding the Turks, ran towards the wadi. Dunbar, despite the protests of a few men at the straw-stacks, at once dashed out to meet him. As Forster ran, the German machine-gunners opened fire. For some time the bullets cut up the dust close behind him; and, as he went on unhit, and the chaplain ran to join him, every Londoner and Australian lying on the exposed slope and breathlessly watching the two men, prayed for their escape. Forster was hit and fell but he rose at once and, staggering on, met Dunbar; then both men, coming under a stream of bullets, were killed.
~~~~~~~~~~Summary of Military Service History World War One~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Service number:---1889
Born:--- Orange, New South Wales.
Schooling:--- Orange Superior Public School and Newington College, Sydney, NSW
Religion:--- Methodist
Civilian Employment:--- Clergyman
Home Address:--- 88 Lord Street, Orange, New South Wales
Marital status:--- Single
Age on enlistment:--- 35 years and 1 month.
Next of kin:--- Father, William Dunbar, 88 Lord Street, Orange, New South Wales
Enlisted:--- 14th September 1915, at Warwick Farm Depot, New South Wales.
Rank on enlistment:--- Private
Unit on enlistment:---12th Australian Light Horse Regiment, 11th Reinforcement, AIF
Last Rank:---Commissioned Captain / Chaplain (Class 4)
Last Unit :--- 4th Australian Light Horse Brigade, AIF.
Fate:--- Killed in Action, 7 November 1917, Palestine, aged 37 years.
Burial:---- Gaza War Cemetery, Palestine
Parents:---William Dunbar and Victoria Matilda Middleton married 1877 at Quirindi NSW
War service:--- Egypt, Palestine
Medals:--- British War Medal, Victory Medal
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Account of Captain Dunbar's Death~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
William James DUNBAR
Chaplain 4th Class, Australian Army Chaplains Department attached to 11th Australian Light Horse. He was killed on active service on 7 November 1917 during the Battle of Sheria. He was 37. He was the son of William and Victoria Matilda Dunbar, 88 Lord Street, Orange, New South Wales
He is buried in grave XII E 3 Gaza War Cemetery
During the afternoon a call was made for stretcher-bearers at the 11th Regiment's headquarters just south of the wadi. Chaplain W J Dunbar, the regimental Padre, an Australian Methodist clergyman who had joined the light horse as a trooper and had been promoted in the field, was among those who at once volunteered. Crossing the wadi on his horse Dunbar rode forward under heavy fire, the one horseman on the landscape, to some little straw-stacks, where he engaged in dressing a number of wounded men. While he was there Trooper W P Forster who had been with Brierty and had been only slightly wounded, rose from amidst the mass of dead horses, and, avoiding the Turks, ran towards the wadi. Dunbar, despite the protests of a few men at the straw-stacks, at once dashed out to meet him. As Forster ran, the German machine-gunners opened fire. For some time the bullets cut up the dust close behind him; and, as he went on unhit, and the chaplain ran to join him, every Londoner and Australian lying on the exposed slope and breathlessly watching the two men, prayed for their escape. Forster was hit and fell but he rose at once and, staggering on, met Dunbar; then both men, coming under a stream of bullets, were killed.
Service number:---1889
Born:--- Orange, New South Wales.
Schooling:--- Orange Superior Public School and Newington College, Sydney, NSW
Religion:--- Methodist
Civilian Employment:--- Clergyman
Home Address:--- 88 Lord Street, Orange, New South Wales
Marital status:--- Single
Age on enlistment:--- 35 years and 1 month.
Next of kin:--- Father, William Dunbar, 88 Lord Street, Orange, New South Wales
Enlisted:--- 14th September 1915, at Warwick Farm Depot, New South Wales.
Rank on enlistment:--- Private
Unit on enlistment:---12th Australian Light Horse Regiment, 11th Reinforcement, AIF
Last Rank:---Commissioned Captain / Chaplain (Class 4)
Last Unit :--- 4th Australian Light Horse Brigade, AIF.
Fate:--- Killed in Action, 7 November 1917, Palestine, aged 37 years.
Burial:---- Gaza War Cemetery, Palestine
Parents:---William Dunbar and Victoria Matilda Middleton married 1877 at Quirindi NSW
War service:--- Egypt, Palestine
Medals:--- British War Medal, Victory Medal
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Account of Captain Dunbar's Death~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
William James DUNBAR
Chaplain 4th Class, Australian Army Chaplains Department attached to 11th Australian Light Horse. He was killed on active service on 7 November 1917 during the Battle of Sheria. He was 37. He was the son of William and Victoria Matilda Dunbar, 88 Lord Street, Orange, New South Wales
He is buried in grave XII E 3 Gaza War Cemetery
During the afternoon a call was made for stretcher-bearers at the 11th Regiment's headquarters just south of the wadi. Chaplain W J Dunbar, the regimental Padre, an Australian Methodist clergyman who had joined the light horse as a trooper and had been promoted in the field, was among those who at once volunteered. Crossing the wadi on his horse Dunbar rode forward under heavy fire, the one horseman on the landscape, to some little straw-stacks, where he engaged in dressing a number of wounded men. While he was there Trooper W P Forster who had been with Brierty and had been only slightly wounded, rose from amidst the mass of dead horses, and, avoiding the Turks, ran towards the wadi. Dunbar, despite the protests of a few men at the straw-stacks, at once dashed out to meet him. As Forster ran, the German machine-gunners opened fire. For some time the bullets cut up the dust close behind him; and, as he went on unhit, and the chaplain ran to join him, every Londoner and Australian lying on the exposed slope and breathlessly watching the two men, prayed for their escape. Forster was hit and fell but he rose at once and, staggering on, met Dunbar; then both men, coming under a stream of bullets, were killed.
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Chaplain 4th Class, Australian Army Chaplains Department. Age: 37.
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