1914-15 Star and Victory medal named to 1309 PTE. Died of wounds 6 August 1915. With his sons WW2 medals. 1309 Private Ernest Albert Francis Dunnicliff joined the 12th Battalion on Gallipoli 7th May 1915, and was wounded in action at Lone Pine on the 6th August, 1915, by a gunshot wound to the head, and he died of wounds in the 3rd Field Ambulance on the same day. He was originally buried in the Brown’s Dip North cemetery; his remains were exhumed and relocated to Lone Pine Cemetery. His wife Mabel Blanche Dunnicliff was informed of this in 1923. He was the father of four children. His son enlisted at after his death at 13 years of age and served in France with the same Battalion before being sent home due to his youth. An’In Memoriam’ notice, posted in the Adelaide Chronicle, on the 12th August 1916 stated. You answered the call of your country. But the voice of the cable tells. That our dear dad, in the khaki suit. Was killed at the Dardanelles. We mourn your loss, but not your actions. Sweet balm to your loved ones bring. For he’s ever a hero, the man who dies. For his country, God and King. Inserted by his dear children, Albert, Charles, Alfred, Robert, and wife. P05180.001 Informal portrait of 3735 Private (Pte) Albert Francis Dunnicliff, 12th Reinforcements, 10th Battalion, of Adelaide, SA. Albert was born on 24 September 1901 to Mabel and Ernest Dunnicliff. His father had previously enlisted and was killed in action on 6 August 1915 at Lone Pine. Albert enlisted three weeks later on 28 August 1915 aged just 13 years; he is probably the youngest person to enlist and serve in the AIF. Albert embarked from Adelaide aboard RMS Malwa on 2 December 1915 and arrived in Egypt on 11 January 1916. Not long after arrival he had a badly ingrown toe nail and was moved from his unit to the 12th Battalion (his late father’s Battalion) to a hospital in Cairo. In December 1916 Albert wrote an application for discharge stating that his father and brother had been killed at Lone Pine and that he could not stand the strain of the front in France for much longer. He also admitted to lying about his age. Includes the youngest sons WW2 medals, Defence Medal, 1939-45 British War Medal and Australia Service Medal all mounted on pin bar for wear correctly named 47728 R. The item “Australian WW1 Anzac KIA Gallipoli WW1 medals sons WW2 service medals” is in sale since Friday, September 30, 2016. This item is in the category “Collectables\Militaria\1914 – 1918 (WWI)”. The seller is “littlespanner” and is located in Northen Victoria. This item can be shipped to Australia, to all countries in Europe, to United States, to Canada.
- Authenticity: Original
- Country: Australia
- Campaign: World War I
- Product Type: Medals
- Era: 1910s