FORM 3

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *   Dunmyer James P 2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year) 03/12/2012 3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol General Finance CORP [GFN] (Last) (First) (Middle) 9155 HARRISON PARK COURT 4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) _____ Director _____ 10% Owner __X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below) VP of Finance of Pac-Van, Inc. 5. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year) 03/12/2012 (Street) INDIANAPOLIS, IN 46216 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line) _X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person ___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person (City) (State) (Zip) Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned

1.Title of Security (Instr. 4) 2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4) 3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5) 4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5) Common Stock 5,578 D   Common Stock 4,000 D   Common Stock 3,000 D   Common Stock 100 I Purchase for Child A's Account Common Stock 100 I Purchase for Child B's Account Common Stock 100 I Purchase for Child C's Account

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Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4)	2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4)		4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	5. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares
Stock Option (Right to Buy) (1)	10/01/2009	10/01/2019	Common Stock	28,000	$ 6.4	D	Â
Stock Option (Right to Buy) (2)	06/30/2011	01/26/2020	Common Stock	10,000	$ 1.28	D	Â
Warrants (3)	06/25/2010	06/25/2013	Common Stock	1,500	$ 4	D	Â
Warrants (3)	06/25/2010	06/25/2013	Common Stock	50	$ 4	I	Child A
Warrants (3)	06/25/2010	06/25/2013	Common Stock	50	$ 4	I	Child B
Warrants (3)	06/25/2010	06/25/2013	Common Stock	50	$ 4	I	Child C
Stock Option (Right to Buy) (4)	06/30/2014	09/15/2020	Common Stock	8,000	$ 1.06	D	Â
Stock Option (Right to Buy) (5)	09/30/2014	06/23/2021	Common Stock	8,000	$ 3	D	Â

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
Dunmyer James P 9155 HARRISON PARK COURT INDIANAPOLIS, IN 46216	Â	Â	  VP of Finance of Pac-Van, Inc.	Â

Signatures

Christopher A Wilson, Attorney-in-Fact for James P Dunmyer		06/06/2012
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 5(b)(v).
**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1)	Of the total 28,000 stock options (a) 11,200 stock options will vest in five equal installments beginning on October 1, 2009, provided that the employee is employed as of each such anniversary and (b) 3,360 stock options will be eligible for vesting upon the attainment of performance criteria on the first anniversary of the date audited financial statements are approved by the audit committee for fiscal year 2009, with 3,360 stock options eligible for vesting on each of the four succeeding fiscal years on the first anniversary of the date audited financial statements are approved by the audit committee for applicable fiscal year.
(2)	Stock option vests on the following date if (a)General Finance Corporation, without consolidation of Pac-Van and Royal Wolf, incurs no more than $2.288 million of expenses for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2012, and (b) if General Finance Corporation and its subsidiaries remain throughout fiscal year 2010 in compliance with the covenants governing all of their indebtedness: the first anniversary of the date that the Audit Committee approves the consolidated financial statements of General Finance Corporation for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2010.
(3)	These warrants were issued as a component of Units that were issued as of June 25, 2010 pursuant to the rights offering of General Finance Corporation.
(4)	See attached document "rider.txt" for explanation of Footnote 4.
(5)	See attached document "rider2.txt" for explanation of Footnote 5.

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