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Record #7859

Name :: : Walter John DUNN (1896 - 1917)
aka : John Dunn
Father: :
Mother: :

BMD and other details

Date of Birth: : 8 Oct 1896
Marriage (1): :
Marriage (2): :
Date of Death: : 14 Dec 1917 Notes : Killed in Action

Abode (1) : Place of BirthEngland, Bideford

Abode (2) : Place of Death / BurialFrance

Sailing Information

Date of Arrival: : 1 Jul 1905
Country: : Canada
Ship: : Southwark
Placement Family: :

Homes / Agencys

Institution (GB): :
Agency: : Barnardos

NotesA birth registration was found for Walter John Dunn: Year of Registration: 1896; Quarter of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar; District: Bideford; County: Devon; Volume: 5b; Page: 465. Parents: Richard Dunn and Charlotte Vanstone, married 1889, Bideford, Devonshire, England.

A death registration was found for Charlotte Dunn: Estimated Birth Year: abt 1869; Year of Registration: 1902; Quarter of Registration: Apr-May-Jun; Age at Death: 33; District: Bideford; County: Devon; Volume: 5b; Page: 319.

Family and friends helped the family out for a while after the death of Charlotte. John Dunn, along with sister, Rosa, and brother, Richard, were admitted to Barnardos Child Care on September 6, 1904.

In 1905, John Dunn, 10, arrived at Quebec, Canada, in a group of 163 Barnardo children (162 boys and 1 girl) en route to Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

On June 19, 1915, at Belleville, Ontario, Canada, John Dunn, 19, enlisted in the Canadian Armed Forces. He declared that he was born in Bitterford, England; that his next of kin was his sister, Rose Dunn, who resided at Peterboro, Ontario, Canada; that his date of birth was October 8, 1896; and that he was a farmer. He was a member of the Church of England. He was described as 5 foot 4 inches in height; medium complexion; blue eyes; red hair. He had a scar of scald on left shine-bone to ankle and a scar of dog bite on outer side of right arm.

John Dunn was killed in action December 14, 1917 and is buried at Etaples Military Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France (Grave Reference: XXXI. D. 29).

ContributorsCreated : 2009-05-11 10:55:21 / From original database

Last Updated : 2009-05-11 11:23:40 /

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Surnames starting with: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z 30 Entries

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ID	Name	DOB	Place of birth	Arrivals & Ships	Dest.	Agency	Family links
3007	ABBEY, Bertha	1890	ENG, DUR, Stockton on Tees	Jul 1904 : Southwark	CAN	Barnardos
3006	ABBEY, John	1887	ENG, DUR, Stockton on Tees	Oct 1904 : Southwark	CAN	Barnardos
3161	ABBEY, Thomas	1892	ENG, DUR, Stockton on Tees	Oct 1904 : Southwark	CAN	Barnardos
3036	ABBOTT, George	1894	ENG, MDX, London	Jul 1904 : Southwark	CAN	Barnardos
3168	ADAM, Isabella	1897	SCT,	Jul 1910 : Southwark	CAN	Quarriers
3172	ADAM, Margaret	1899	SCT,	Jul 1910 : Southwark	CAN	Quarriers
22563	ADDIS, Frederick	1893	ENG,	Apr 1904 : Southwark	CAN	Barnardos
5680	ALCORN, Margaret-Ann Irwin	1897	SCT, LKS, Glasgow	Jul 1910 : Southwark	CAN	Quarriers
11090	AMBROSE, Frederick Wm	1895	ENG,	Jul 1905 : Southwark	CAN	Barnardos
17069	ANDREWS, John	1888	ENG,	Jul 1904 : Southwark	CAN	Barnardos
12637	ANGLIS, Philip George	1886	ENG, LND, Lewisham	Apr 1904 : Southwark	CAN	National Childrens Home
10199	ANTRAM, Harold	1893	ENG, , Islington	Apr 1904 : Southwark	CAN	Barnardos
9063	ARNOLD, Arthur G	1894	ENG,	Oct 1904 : Southwark	CAN	Barnardos
16738	ARNOLD, Percy Alexander	1894	ENG, LND, Paddington	Apr 1904 : Southwark	CAN	Barnardos
22885	ARNOLD, Thomas	1890	ENG,	May 1905 : Southwark	CAN	Fegan Homes for Boys
12638	ASHDOWN, Pitman W	1890	ENG, , Edmonton	Apr 1904 : Southwark	CAN	National Childrens Home
17306	AULD, Florence Christison	1900	SCT, MLN, Edinburgh	Jul 1910 : Southwark	CAN	Quarriers
10015	AYRE, David	1891	ENG, DUR, Durham	Apr 1904 : Southwark	CAN	Barnardos
22672	AYRES, Frederick	1895	ENG,	May 1905 : Southwark	CAN	Fegan Homes for Boys
22019	BARKER, JOSEPH HENRY	1893	ENG,	Oct 1904 : Southwark	CAN	Barnardos
18459	BARNES, A E	1892	ENG,	1904 : Southwark	CAN	Barnardos
18517	BARNES, F	1893	ENG,	Oct 1904 : Southwark	CAN	Barnardos
18536	BARNES, Frederick	1893	ENG,	1904 : Southwark	CAN	Unknown
11091	BARNES, Henry Barber	1895	ENG,	Jul 1905 : Southwark	CAN	Barnardos
18808	BARNES, William H	1895	ENG,	Jul 1904 : Southwark	CAN	Barnardos
23526	BARTLETT, Jessie Matilda	1896	ENG, , Portsmouth, Hampshire,	Nov 1904 : Southwark	CAN
10264	BEADELL, Frank	1893	ENG,	Jul 1905 : Southwark	CAN	Barnardos
18902	BEARD, Joseph C.	1888	ENG,	Jul 1905 : Southwark	CAN	Barnardos
20723	BEDDOW, Frank	1891	ENG,	Apr 1904 : Southwark	CAN	Barnardos
10919	BEDDOW, Stephen	1899	ENG, , Lambeth	Apr 1904 : Southwark	CAN	Barnardos
ID	Name	DOB	Place of birth	Arrivals & Ships	Dest.	Agency	Family links

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