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Ernest Bunn

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Portrait, Auckland Weekly News 1918 - No known copyright restrictions

Portrait, Auckland Weekly News 1918 - No known copyright restrictions

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Ernest AWMM
  • Surname
    Bunn AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 25453 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
  • Date of birth
    30 June 1892 Public - Peter - Researcher - 13 October 2017 - Military records
  • Place of birth
    Murchison Public - Peter - Researcher - 13 October 2017 - Military records
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Levi Bunn (brother), High Street, Eltham, New Zealand 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 25453 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 Unknown AWMM Blacksmith/Civilian AWMM
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
    WW1 POW - Munster, Westphalia, New Zealand High Commission, (1917).
    9/231. Lager I AWMM
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number

Medical history

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  • Medical notes
    Died of Disease, Cause of Death AWMM
    Influenza AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Ernest Bunn was the son of Elijah and Amy Bunn, of Murchison, New Zealand.

    Prisoner of War of Germans. Reported as receiving one food parcel in the 8 August 1917 edition of 'Chronicles of the N.Z.E.F.', and one food parcel in 19 September 1917 edition of 'Chronicles of N.Z.E.F.' AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    7 July 1918 AWMM
    Age 28 AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Died of Disease AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Vevey (St. Martin's) Cemetery, Switzerland AWMM 51 AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Memorial name
    • Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM
    • War Memorials at Murchison and Eltham Public - Peter - Researcher - 13 October 2017 - on site and on-line through NZ History War Memorial images

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Sources

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  • References
    • New Zealand High Commission (Great Britain). (1917). A short sketch of the work of the New Zealand Prisoners of War Department in London and of other undertakings connected with the war. London, England: High Commissioner for New Zealand. AWMM
    • New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      41: 8 AWMM
    • Chronicles of the N.Z.E.F. AWMM
      Chronicles of the N.Z.E.F.', 3.10.1917, p.82.; 19.09.1917, p.57 AWMM
    • Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2. AWMM

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13 October 2017PeterNelson, New ZealandResearcher
10 October 2017JeniferWairarapaResearcher

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