Peter Dunn | |
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Born | Peter James Dunn |
Occupation | Military historian |
Awards | Medal of the Order of Australia |
Peter James Dunn OAM is an Australian historian who specialises in researching all aspects of military operations, training, and exercises that occurred in Australia during the Second World War. Dunn is particularly interested in researching wartime military aircraft losses and, in 2012, was responsible for identifying an unknown aircraft wreck off Magnetic Island as being that of a Curtiss-Wright CW-22 that had ditched in 1943.[1] As part of the Australia Day 2020 Honours List, Dunn was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia "for service to community history".[2]