David Dufaur

Forenames

David AWMM

Surname

Dufaur AWMM

Service number

• WWI 16/578 AWMM
• WWI 16/578A AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Date of birth

3rd August 1890 (1898 by birth records)

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Place of birth

Auckland

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Birth notes

Son of Edmund Thomas & Louisa DUFAUR

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Address before enlistment

WW1 Wairamarama, Raglan, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

WW1 Percy Dufaur (uncle), care of Dufaur and Biss, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

• Pre 18 Sep 1915 AWMM Single AWMM
• 1922 David DUFAUR married Flora Isabella GRAY
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War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

• WWI 16/578 AWMM
• WWI 16/578A AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 Clerk AWMM

Embarkation details

WW1 18 Sep 1915-26 Oct 1915 AWMM
HMNZT 29 AWMM Vessel was Waitemata AWMM Sergeant AWMM 2nd Maori Contingent AWMM New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Lieutenant/Military AWMM
New Zealand (Maori) Pioneer Battalion AWMM

Serial Number appears as 16/578 in Nominal Rolls, as 16/578A in Archives New Zealand

Next of Kin: Mrs F. Dufaur, c/o Public Hospital, Wellington (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 1)) AWMM

Death

3 Feb 1928 AWMM
Age  37 AWMM

Cemetery

Karori Cemetery, Wellington, New Zealand AWMM Soldiers, Plot 8 X AWMM

Obituary

DUFAUR.—On February 3. 1928, at Wellington, David, the beloved husband of Flora Dufaur. and second son of the late E. T. Dufaur, solicitor, of Auckland

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Memorial name

Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM

Related objects

External links

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R20998889
  Further Reference
• Other military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R7879885
  Further Reference

References

• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  Page No: 200
• Soutar, M. (2019). Whitiki! Whiti! Whiti! E!: Maori In the First World War. New Zealand: David Bateman Ltd.
• Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2.
• Pugsley, C. (1995). Te Hokowhitu a Tu : the Maori Pioneer Battalion in the first World War. Auckland, N.Z.: Reed.