Captain J. V. Dunn

Regiment: 7th Royal Munster Fusiliers
Panel reference: Panel 185 to 190.
Date published: 24/09/1915
Killed in action: Yes
Date of death: 15/08/1915
Cemetery: Helles Memorial, Turkey
Information: Captain J. V. Dunn, 7th Royal Munster Fusiliers, was killed in action at the Dardanelles on August 15th last. He was a son of Mr. Valentine Dunn, solicitor, Dublin, and was educated at Belvedere and Clongowes Wood College. Having gone through a very successful course of law lectures in Trinity he adopted the profession of solicitor, and on the outbreak of the war joined the Officers' Training Corps, T.C.D., obtaining his commission in the Munsters in October last. He was promoted Captain in April last, and left with his regiment in July for the Dardanelles.