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|Army number=138530
 
|Army number=138530
 
|Rank=2/Lt
 
|Rank=2/Lt
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|Date of birth=Born Exeter 1912.
 
|Age=31
 
|Age=31
|Unit=Enl Gordon Highlanders as 2878387,  Disch 3/7/1940 under KRs 1940 Para 383(xvii), Durham Light Infantry - EC 2/Lt 4/7/1940, No 4 I.T.C. Brancepeth, Posted 11th Bn DLI 9/7/1940,  Iceland, DIED as a result of a Road Accident en route to Hamilton 28/7/1943 whilst riding motorcycle.
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|Unit=Enlisted Gordon Highlanders as 2878387 - exact date not knownDischarged 3/7/1940 under King's Regulations 1940 Para 383(xvii) on being commissioned, Durham Light Infantry - Emergency Commission as 2/Lt 4/7/1940, Posted No 4 I.T.C. Brancepeth, Posted 11th Bn DLI 9/7/1940,  Iceland, DIED as a result of a Road Accident during a Battalion move en route from South Wales to Hamilton 28/7/1943, whilst leading a group of Cooks' vehicles and riding a motorcycle.
 
|Company/Battery=A, D, S
 
|Company/Battery=A, D, S
 
|Platoon or other sub-unit=Anti-Tank
 
|Platoon or other sub-unit=Anti-Tank
|Task or role=Pln. Cdr.,
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|Task or role=Platoon Commander.
 
|Joined Brigade=09-Jul-40
 
|Joined Brigade=09-Jul-40
|Promotions=Lt
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|Promotions=W/S Lt 4/7/1942
 
|Died/Killed in action=28-Jul-43
 
|Died/Killed in action=28-Jul-43
|Home address=Born Exeter 1912.  Son of George William and Kate Dunnell, husband of Daphne Norma Christine Dunnell, of Scorrier, Cornwall.  Buried in Grave 19, Section 15 G Wallasey (Rake Lane) Cemetery. (Original CWGC headstone replaced, with permission, by family headstone).
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|Home address=Son of George William and Kate Dunnell, husband of Daphne Norma Christine Dunnell, of Scorrier, Cornwall.  Buried in Grave 19, Section 15 G Wallasey (Rake Lane) Cemetery. (The original CWGC headstone has been replaced, with their permission, by a family headstone).
 
|Source table=11DLI
 
|Source table=11DLI
 
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Investigations indicated that the original papers from the Coroner's Inquest into his death have not survived.  It appears that Lt Dunnell's motorcycle was in collision with one of the trucks in the short convoy, but the facts cannot, at this distance, be verified.

Revision as of 10:36, 28 July 2014

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Name Dunnell George Malcolm
Army number 138530
Rank 2/Lt
Decorations
Date of birth Born Exeter 1912.
Age 31
Unit Enlisted Gordon Highlanders as 2878387 - exact date not known, Discharged 3/7/1940 under King's Regulations 1940 Para 383(xvii) on being commissioned, Durham Light Infantry - Emergency Commission as 2/Lt 4/7/1940, Posted No 4 I.T.C. Brancepeth, Posted 11th Bn DLI 9/7/1940, Iceland, DIED as a result of a Road Accident during a Battalion move en route from South Wales to Hamilton 28/7/1943, whilst leading a group of Cooks' vehicles and riding a motorcycle.
Company/Battery A, D, S
Platoon or other sub-unit Anti-Tank
Task or role Platoon Commander.
Joined Brigade 09-Jul-40
Promotions W/S Lt 4/7/1942
Wounded
Prisoner of War
Died/Killed in action 28-Jul-43
Home address Son of George William and Kate Dunnell, husband of Daphne Norma Christine Dunnell, of Scorrier, Cornwall. Buried in Grave 19, Section 15 G Wallasey (Rake Lane) Cemetery. (The original CWGC headstone has been replaced, with their permission, by a family headstone).
Source table 11DLI

Investigations indicated that the original papers from the Coroner's Inquest into his death have not survived. It appears that Lt Dunnell's motorcycle was in collision with one of the trucks in the short convoy, but the facts cannot, at this distance, be verified.