What is John Dunn?
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}} [[Image:CollectorNSWNelsonMemorial.jpg|thumb|Memorial to Nelson at Collector]] [[Image:CollectorNSWNelsonMemorial1.jpg|thumb|Inscription on memorial to Nelson]] '''John Dunn''' (14 December 1846 – 19 March 1866) was an [[Australia]]n [[bushranger]]. He was only 17 years old when he joined up with [[Ben Hall]] and [[John Gilbert (bushranger)|John Gilbert]] and became a member of their gang.<ref name=BW>{{cite book | last =Wannan | first =Bill | title = Tell 'em I died game: The Stark Story of Australian Bushranging| publisher =Lansdowne Press | date =1963 | location =[[Melbourne]] }}</ref> ==Early life== He was born at [[Murrumburrah, New South Wales|Murrumburrah]] near [[Yass, New South Wales]]. His parents were Michael Dunn and Margaret Kelly. Dunn was only a small youth and worked as a [[jockey]]. He had robbed a [[China|Chinese]] gold [[miner]] and been in trouble with the police. ==Ben Hall's gang== Dunn was a member of the gang when they tried to rob the mail coach near [[Jugiong, New South Wales|Jugiong]] on 16 November 1864. Gilbert shot Sergeant Parry to death during the robbery. The government already had offered [[reward]] money for the capture of the Gilbert and Hall; they now offered £500 for John Dunn.<ref name=BW/> The bushrangers spent Christmas, 1864, with Dunn's parents at Murrumburrah. After visiting Dunn's grandfather, John Kelly, near [[Binalong, New South Wales|Binalong]] they rode to [[Binda, New South Wales|Binda]] on [[Boxing Day]], 26 December. Gilbert and Dunn spent the night dancing at the Flag Hotel. Hall stood at the door and stopped people from going to get the police.<ref name=BW/> On 26 January 1865, Hall, Gilbert and Dunn were at [[Collector, New South Wales|Collector]], south of [[Goulburn, New South Wales|Goulburn]]. While Hall and Gilbert were robbing the hotel, John Dunn stayed outside to watch for the [[police]]. Most of the police were out in [[the bush]] searching for the bushrangers. [[Policeman]], [[Constable]] Samuel Nelson, was to