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James Ruskin Dunning

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Portrait of James R. Dunning, NZ7489 (2014). © NZIPP Photograph by Bob Tulloch 1194-2300. CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0.

Portrait of James R. Dunning, NZ7489 (2014). © NZIPP Photograph by Bob Tulloch 1194-2300. CC-BY-NC- …

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    James Ruskin AWMM
  • Surname
    Dunning AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    Jim AWMM
  • Service number
    • WWII NZ7489 AWMM
    • WWII 7489 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion
    Salvation Army, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

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Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
    Signalman Navy Demobilisation R21465798
  • Enlistment
  • 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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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Member of the Mt Maunganui RSA.

    James Dunning was chosen to make the expedition to Gallipoli in 2005 AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    6 October 2014 RNZN Communicators Association
    Age 89 AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

Sources

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  • External links
  • References
    • Personnel - Demobilisation - RNZN [Royal New Zealand Navy], Archives New Zealand, Wellington, N1/427 (R21465798) AWMM
    • This record was partially compiled from information provided by the New Zealand Institute of Professional Photographers (NZIPP) Veteran Portrait Project. AWMM
    • Royal New Zealand Navy List (c.1921-c.1970) - kindly provided by Ralph McNabb. This list was not collated by McNabb but was sourced from the Royal New Zealand Navy. AWMM

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