Peter Dunn (historian)

Peter Dunn
Born
Peter James Dunn
OccupationMilitary historian
AwardsMedal 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]

  1. ^ "Unidentified plane wreck found to be ditched Falcon". ABC News. 6 August 2012. Retrieved 2 April 2021.
  2. ^ Australian Government n.d. "Award Extract - Australian Honours Search Facility". Retrieved 2 April 2021.