Dr Victor Henry Lavington Dunn
- Born: 30 Mar 1897, Northcote, Melbourne, Victoria Australia
- Marriage (1): Janet Isabella Buntine in 1926 in Victoria Australia
- Died: 30 Oct 1947, Kerang, Victoria Australia at age 50
- Buried: 1 Nov 1947, Kerang Cemetery, Victoria Australia
General Notes:
Good sportsman, played football and cricket for Melbourne.
Dunn, Victor Henry Lavington
Service Number: 3383
Rank/Calling: Private
Unit: 60 Infantry Battalion - 6 to 9 Reinforcements (October 1916 - July 1917)
Ship Name: HMAT Port Melbourne
Ship Number: A16
Date of Embarkation: 16/07/1917
Place of Embarkation: Sydney
Victor Henry Lavington Dunn enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force on 28/6/1917. His father was next of kin - Mr Henry James Dunn, “Evandale” Mitchell Street, Northcote, Victoria. Victor was still a student, he had been attending the Melbourne University.
On the Certificate of Medical Examination Victor is described as - 19 years 11 months, height - 5 feet 5 inches, weight - 124 pounds, chest measurement - 32/35 inches, complexion - fresh, eyes - blue, hair - brown and religious denomination - Presbyterian. His distinctive marks - Vac 2 left arm.
Victor served in France. He was wounded in action (gassed) on 29/9/1918 sent to England to recover.
On 14/1/1919 he returned to Australia per “City of York”.
Noted events in his life were:
• Occupation: Doctor.
• connection. My connection to Peter Dunn is as follows:
Peter Dunn (1957)
His father is Ronald Dunn (1928)
His father was Victor Dunn (1897) who married Janet Buntine (1880)
Her father was Benjamin Buntine (1868)
His father was John Buntine (1827) who married Janet Armstrong (1837)
Her father was Thomas Armstrong (1791) & he also had Jane Armstrong (1816) who married Christopher Dixon (1812)
They had Janet Dixon (1853) who married Harry Hiscock (c1846)
They had Frank Hiscock (1873) who married Emily Wallis (1875)
Her father was William Wallis (1849) who married Victorine Groube (1851)
Her father was Reve Horatio Groube (1814) & he also had George Groube (1847)
He had Edith Groube (1880) who married Percy Howe (1866)
His father was Robert Howe (1833)
His father was Frederick Howe (1805)
His father was James Howe (1777)
His father was George Howe (1741) & he also had Sarah Howe (1775)
She had Alexander Moss (1811)
She had James Moss (1846)
He had Laura Kershaw Waldock or Moss (1864)
She had Winthrop Larkinson (1889)
He had Dulcie Larkinson (1926) who married Colin Davies (1925)
She had me- Robyn Bray (nee Davies) (1950)
Victor married Janet Isabella Buntine, daughter of Benjamin Taylor Buntine and Isabella Ann Rodgers, in 1926 in Victoria Australia. (Janet Isabella Buntine was born on 26 Feb 1900 in Coburg, Melbourne, Victoria Australia and died on 22 Oct 1962 in Heidelberg, Melbourne, Victoria Australia.)
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