SOLDIER DETAILS:
Dunning,
Arnold
Private 87th Battalion 775477
August 15, 1918
Vimy
Memorial, Vimy, France
Farm Hand in Esquesing Township
Maple Leaf Legacy Project
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Private
Dunning's name is not inscribed on either of the
Milton Cenotaphs. He was working and living in the area.
Private
Dunning is one of nine (9) Milton Soldiers
commemorated on the Vimy Memorial. They are now
posted to Google
Earth.
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SOLDIER SUMMARY:
| Private Dunning was living (and farming) at R.R.
#3 Georgetown (Halton County) when he attested to the 126th
Battalion. He was learning the farm trade in Esquesing Township.
He was taken on strength to the 116th Bn at
Bramshott, UK; the 60th Bn in France; then attached to the 9th
Canadian Machine Gun Company. After a short hospital stay he was
transferred to the 87th Infantry Battalion (4th Division, 11th
Infantry Brigade), where he served until his death.
Private Dunning was
reported "Missing After Battle" on August 15, 1917 and
German sources confirmed that he had died.
The War Diary reports on the fighting on the front lines Lens
(Capture of Hill 70) during this period (1,
2).
The enemy was in greater strength than expected but the feint to
lead the Germans away from the primary attack elsewhere was a
great success! Nicholson
(Chapter IX) details the plans of Currie (contrary to Haig)
to take Hill 70 rather than the Town of Lens itself. See pages
287-290 detailing the battle, resulting in Canadian casualties
of 1056 killed, 2432 wounded and 39 captured. |
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The soldier pages contain information
that is available from a number of resources. The following hyperlinks
are active where the information is available:
The summary of the service is taken from
the soldier's service records, if they were available from Library and
Archives Canada. A complete copy of the service record is
available in electronic and paper format in the Alex
Cooke Memorial Archives at the Milton Historical Society.
Using that summary, combined with the key references, a summary of the
events leading up to the death of the soldier has been prepared.
The research information available is as noted on the Canadian
Expeditionary Force Study Group web site Matrix
Project as well as in the Library and Archives Canada On-Line
War Diaries.
A summary of all the soldiers is
contained on the Web Blog "Great
War Soldiers of Milton, Ontario CANADA". Please also
be sure to purchase your own copy of "Milton
Remembers World War I - The Men and Women We Never Knew" by
John Challinor II and Jim Dills, edited by Ken Lamb. |
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