Life After the war
What did dunstan do after the war?
William Dunstan, and Governor General standing outside of Parliament House.
Medals that Dunstan has achieved during his military life in Gallipoli and in Australia.
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After his injuries had recovered, he served in the Citizen Force. When the war ended he retired as a lieutenant of the Ballarat regiment. On 10 June 1916, he was awarded another Victoria Cross at the steps of Parliament House by Governor General - Sir Ronald Craufurd Munro Ferguson. He married Marjorie Lillian Stewart Carnell at the Ballarat St. Paul's Church of England. Later he had two sons and a daughter and all three of his children served in the army later in their lives to follow William Dunstans footsteps.
A while later, Dunstan secured a "war time" job as a partner manager of a newsprint pool. He even still experienced severe headaches from the shrapnel that was still located in his head. Some of the long term effects of his severe injuries encouraged his retirement as general manager in 1953. He was offered to become a director of the Herald and a number of other radio and textiles companies. William was also offered to be chairman of the Australia Newspaper Proprietaries Association. Due to his severe injuries, during his retirement, he campaigned to help fight against cancer. On 2 March 1957, William Dunstan unfortunately died of coronary vascular disease whilst his return home from a race meeting at Caulfield racecourse. 800 people attended his funeral at Christ Church in South Yarra. In part of the crowd were seven Victoria Cross recipients of WWI. |