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Leslie Clyde Dunn

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Portrait of Sergeant Leslie Clyde Dunn, Auckland Weekly News, 8 April 1942. Sir George Grey Special Collections, Auckland Libraries, AWNS-19420408-24-18. Image has no known copyright restrictions.

Portrait of Sergeant Leslie Clyde Dunn, Auckland Weekly News, 8 April 1942. Sir George Grey Special …

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Leslie Clyde AWMM
  • Surname
    Dunn AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWII 60457 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    WW2 Unknown AWMM 8 Cooper Street, Karori, Wellington, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    WW2 Mrs I.C. Dunn (wife), 8 Cooper Street, Karori, Wellington, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Unknown AWMM Married/WWII AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
    Western Desert AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWII 60457 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW2 Branch manager/Civilian AWMM
    AWMM
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

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
    Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Son of Stanley and Eleanor Dunn, of Reading, Berkshire, England; husband of Inez Caroline Dunn, of Karori, Wellington.

    Last rank listed on CWGC as Company Quartermaster Sergeant. AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    4 January 1942 AWMM
    Age 31 AWMM
    Western Desert, North Africa AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Killed in Action AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Halfaya Sollum War Cemetery, Egypt AWMM 9. E. 3. AWMM
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  • Memorial name
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Memorials

Memorial

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