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Cenotaph record

Ernest Edward Bunker

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Ernest Edward AWMM
  • Surname
    Bunker AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 92741 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion
    Church of England, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    29 July 1891 AWMM Nelson, Tasman AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    WW1 57 Niblett St, Wanganui AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    WW1 Mrs Eva Bunker (wife), 88 Wickseed Street AWMM
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 92741 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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  • Medals and Awards

Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW1 Driver/Civilian AWMM
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

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  • Embarkation details

Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number

Medical history

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  • Medical notes

Last known rank

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  • Last rank

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Ernest was the son of George Thomas Bunker and Mary Jane Bunker (nee Wood), one of 13 children. His brother George served also served in the First World War.

    Was married to Eva Aldridge in Wanganui 31 Dec 1913 and had 3 children. AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    5 August 1971 AWMM
    Nelson, Tasman AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
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  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
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  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

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  • References
    • Cenotaph data entry form AWMM
    • Information kindly provided by family AWMM

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