Name |
Harold Roy NUNN |
_MILT |
1941-45 |
Australian Army |
- Service record: Name NUNN, HAROLD ROY Service Australian Army Service Number Q76437 Date of Birth 23 Jun 1915 Place of Birth DINMORE, QLD
Date of Enlistment 21 Mar 1941 Locality on Enlistment EBBW VALE, QLD Place of Enlistment IPSWICH, QLD Next of Kin NUNN, THELMA Date of Discharge 11 Dec 1945 Rank Private Posting at Discharge 63 AUST WATER TPT HOLD CENTRE (AASC) WW2 Honours and Gallantry None Prisoner of War No
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Birth |
23 Jan 1915 |
Dinmore, Ipswich, Queensland, Australia |
- 1915 C1578 Harold Roy Nunn son of William Nunn and Emily Scarborough
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Gender |
Male |
Residence |
1958 |
14 Clara St, Wynnum, Queensland, Australia |
- Australian electoral roll
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Death |
2 Mar 1969 |
Queensland, Australia |
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Notes |
- Harold was a grocer before he served in WWII, at which point he went to Milne Bay in Papua New Guinea with the Army as a private, and at one time a Lance Corporal but mostly a private, in the bomb disposal squad. He went AWOL a few times during the war to be with his family. He was described as being a very gentle man for whom the war would have been the worst thing ever. Because the war was so unpleasant for him, as for many, he never was the same after.
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Person ID |
I2628 |
Warren Nunn's family tree |
Last Modified |
12 Oct 2021 |
Father |
William NUNN, b. 9 Oct 1874, Waterfield, Dinmore, Ipswich, Queensland, Australia d. 2 Sep 1935, Ipswich, Queensland, Australia (Age 60 years) |
Mother |
Emily SCARBOROUGH, b. 9 Sep 1878, North Aylesford, Kent, England d. 19 Nov 1960, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia (Age 82 years) |
Marriage |
1 Dec 1898 |
Ipswich, Queensland, Australia |
- MARRIAGES. NUNN-SCARBOROUGH.-On the 1st December, at Ipswich, Emily, only daughter of William and Mary Anne Scarborough, of Woodend, to William, youngest son of David Nunn, Farmer, of Dinmore.
Family Notices. (1898, December 10). Queensland Times, Ipswich Herald & General Advertiser (Qld. : 1861 - 1908), p. 4. Retrieved October 5, 2013, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article123596182
https://www.familyhistory.bdm.qld.gov.au/
Marriage registration: William Nunn Marriage date: 01/12/1898 Spouse's name: Emily Scarborough Registration details: 1898/C/1102
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Family ID |
F88 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Family |
Thelma CONNELL, b. 20 Sep 1916, Queensland, Australia d. 14 Aug 2011, Wynnum, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia (Age 94 years) |
Marriage |
9 Aug 1941 |
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia |
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Children |
| 1. Lesley NUNN, b. 4 Jun 1942, Qld, Australia d. 23 Sep 2011, Qld, Australia (Age 69 years) |
| 2. Living |
| 3. Living |
| 4. Roy NUNN, b. 7 Jan 1950, Queensland, Australia d. 7 Oct 2021, Queensland, Australia (Age 71 years) |
| 5. Living |
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Family ID |
F713 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Last Modified |
16 Apr 2024 |