William Arthur Dunn (11 March 1875 – 30 October 1947) was a prominent Methodist clergyman in the colony and State of South Australia.
William was born at Charleston, South Australia, the younger son of Charles Dunn Jr. JP (1841–1921) by his second wife Annie, née Kelly, (c. 1846–1881) who married on 2 April 1874.
His was educated at Prince Alfred College and began training as a Methodist minister in 1896 under Rev.
He served as probationer at Salisbury Primitive Methodist 1896–1898 and Prospect 1898–1900, and was ordained at Kent Town in 1900.
[2] He then served at Hallett 1900–1903, Wallaroo Mines (Kadina) 1903–1906, Port Adelaide 1906–1909, East Adelaide 1910–1914, Kapunda 1914–1918 (he was so popular all the other Kapunda churches cancelled their services on the night of his farewell so their congregations might attend),[3] Broken Hill 1918–1920, Norwood 1921–1923, Malvern 1925–1929, Kent Town 1929–1932, Pirie Street 1933–1937, and Payneham 1939–1941.