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Ernest Walter Alfred Dormer

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Ernest Walter Alfred AWMM
  • Surname
    Dormer AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    • 2338 AWMM
    • 7027 AWMM
    • 52170 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion
    Church of England, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    Australia AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    • Unknown AWMM Lichfield Street, Newton, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
    • Unknown AWMM Wynyard Road, Mount Eden, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
    Tailor/Civilian AWMM
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    • George Jonathon Dormer (father), c/o Buddle, Button & Co. Solicitors, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
    • Mrs E. Dormer (wife), Wynyard Road, Mount Eden, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    • Pre 31 March 1900 AWMM Single AWMM
    • Pre 14 July 1917 AWMM Married AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
  • Campaign
    • Rhodesia AWMM
    • 24 May 1900-31 May 1902 Transvaal AWMM
    • Orange Free State AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    • 2338 AWMM
    • 7027 AWMM
    • 52170 AWMM
  • Military service
    • India: 2nd Queen's West Surrey Regiment. Bugler and Drummer. Invalided to England AWMM
    • Volunteers (early 1880's) with the Dorset Militia and Dorset Yeomanry (Bandsman) AWMM
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
  • 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
    Hospital Diseases , Wounds, South Africa AWMM
    Invalided to New Zealand January 1901 AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Father: George Jonathon Dormer (late 14th Foot + New Zealand Volunteers, died in Auckland , aged 75 on the 22 April 1914)

    Mother: Ann Jane Warner (died 12 October 1885, aged 40)

    13 August 1895 : arrived in Auckland on the Tasmania (ship)

    1909: Married Edith Aylett (died 20 February 1932)

    1911: resided at Wynyard Road, Mt Eden , Auckland

    1928: resided at 44 King Edward Parade, Devonport

    Died in hospital formerly from Wynyard Road, Mt Eden

    Age at death on BDMs and Cemetery record is 58.

    Auckland Museum Boer War Display – photo of “section of the Auckland Fifth Contingent which left by the Mapourika” AWMM
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Death

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  • Death
    28 June 1930 AWMM
    Age 63 AWMM
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  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Waikumete Cemetery, Glen Eden, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM Soldiers Plot, Block B, Row 3, Plot 34 AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
    Death notice: New Zealand Herald, 30 June 1930 AWMM
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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