Name: Arthur Augustus Dunn Rank: Gunner Service Number: 222911 Service: 1st Brigade, Canadian Garrison Artillery, 9th Siege Battery Date of Birth: November 9, 1896 Place of Birth: Yarmouth, Yarmouth Co., Nova Scotia Date of Enlistment: July 21, 1916 Place of Enlistment: Halifax, Halifax Co., Nova Scotia Height: 5 feet, 10 ¼ inches Complexion: Medium Eye Colour: Blue Hair Colour: Black Occupation: Box Maker, Millman Marital Status: Single (at enlistment) Religion: Methodist Next of Kin: Jennie Dunn (Mother), Yarmouth, NS Date of Discharge: May 14, 1919 Date of Death: March 28, 1966 Age: 69 Cemetery: Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Argyle, Yarmouth Co., Nova Scotia Grave: Plot 97 Arthur was the son of Fenwick Lamarchant Dunn (1853-1939) and Geneve Jane (Wade) Dunn (1856-1943), and the brother of William Howard G. Dunn (1877-1900), Clarissa Dunn (b. 1878), Lemerchant Wade Dunn (1882-1964), Adelbert Perrin Dunn (1885–1964), Madge T Dunn (1889-1984), Alfred Dunn (1891–1901), Clarence Dunn (1893-1895), and Fenwick Hiram Dunn Sr. (1898-1980). Two of his brothers served during the First World War with Canadian Expeditionary Forces in Canada, England, and France. Adelbert Dunn served with the 1st Siege Battery, Royal Canadian Artillery, and Fenwick Hiram Dunn served with the 64th Battalion, the 40th Battalion, and the Seaforth Highlanders. Arthur was the husband of Louise Alberta (Longthorne) Dunn (1900-1995), and father of William Lawson Dunn (1916-2010), Violet Mae Dunn (1920-2015), Doris Louise Dunn (1922-2022), Joyce Dunn (1923-2019), Addie Augusta Dunn 1925-2020), Edith Dunn (1928-1994), and Alice Kathleen Dunn (1930-2011). He served 10 weeks with the Royal Canadian Garrison Artillery prior to enlistment. Upon enlistment, it was determined he was unfit for overseas service but was assigned to the Royal Canadian Artillery. He married Louisa on July 12, 1919, shortly after being discharged in May 1919. In 1935 he was employed as a Seaman. Arthur died at the age of 79 on March 28, 1966, and is interred at the Mount Pleasant Cemetery in Argyle, Yarmouth Co., NS.

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