William Dunstan VC (1895–1957)
William Dunstan 20 years old and a CPL in the 7th Battalion (Victoria), AIF when he was awarded the VC for his actions on 9 August 1915, at Lone Pine, Gallipoli. The enemy made a determined counter-attack on the centre of the newly captured trench held by Lt Tubb, CPLs Burton and Dunstan and a few men. The enemy blew in the sand-bag barricade, leaving only a foot standing, but the lieutenant and the two corporals repelled the enemy and rebuilt the barricade. Twice more the enemy blew in the barricade and on each occasion they were repelled and the barricade rebuilt.
Dunstan was blind for almost a year after Lone Pine. He later achieved the rank of Lt, and survived the war. After the war he became the general manager of Keith Murdoch's The Herald and Weekly Times newspaper group. He died 3 March 1957.
His Victoria Cross is displayed here at the Australian War Memorial.