Walter Reginald DUNNING
Born 26 November 1901 in Saint Mary Extra, Hampshire, England [16] [20] [21]
Son of nurseryman Frederick George DUNNING and Mary Jane PEARCE [20] [21]
He was one of five children with elder siblings Olive, Harold and Frederick, and a younger sister Ethel [20] [21]
In 1911 was living with his parents and siblings at 143 Bevois Valley Road in Southampton, Hampshire, England [20]
Departed London, England on the steamship Konigin Luise on 4 September 1920 bound for Fremantle, Western Australia [203]
Farmhand for James K. FORRESTER on Dunester Farm in Carnamah, Western Australia [P300] in 1925 [50]
Married (1) Christina McKenzie SHEARER in Perth in 1928 [66]
His first wife, late of the Perth suburb of Claremont, passed away at the age of 27 years on 24 March 1929 [2]
Married (2) Jessie Maria WESSEN in Perth in 1931 [66]
In mid 1933 was granted council approval to have a house erected on Railway Road in Shenton Park at a cost of £680 [39: 8-Jul-1933]
For a number of years worked as a gardener and lived at 425 Railway Road in the Perth suburb of Shenton Park [50]
Resided in the Perth suburb of Shenton Park prior to enlisting in the Australian Army on 21 May 1940 [16]
Private WX3098 in the Australian Army's 2/7 Field Ambulance during the Second World War [16]
Discharged from the Australian Army on 12 October 1942 [16]
Resided of late in the Perth suburb of Embleton [2]
Died 7 December 1976; buried at Karrakatta Cemetery in Perth, Western Australia (Anglican, VC, 354) [2]
| Reference: Carnamah Historical Society & Museum and North Midlands Project, 'Walter Reginald Dunning' in Biographical Dictionary of Coorow, Carnamah and Three Springs, retrieved 19 December 2024 from www.carnamah.com.au/bio/walter-reginald-dunning [reference list] |
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