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Edward Robert Towersley Dunn

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Names panel, left, Memorial gates, Greytown Soldiers Memorial Park (photo G.A. Fortune 2012) - Image has All Rights Reserved

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Edward Robert Towersley AWMM
  • Surname
    Dunn AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    • Edwin Robert Towersey Dunn AWMM
    • Bob Public - Michelle - Researcher - 18 January 2017 - Wairarapa Archive
  • Service number
    WWI 24/408 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
    Unknown AWMM Greytown, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    W.T. Dunn (father), Vogel Street, Greytown, Wairarapa, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 9 October 1915 AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 24/408 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
    WW1 Unknown AWMM AWMM
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

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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

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Edwin Dunn was the son of William and Elizabeth Thomas Dunn, of Featherston, New Zealand. AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    15 September 1916 AWMM
    Age 28 AWMM
    Somme, Northern France AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Killed in Action AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Serre Road Cemetery No 2, Somme, France AWMM XLI. E. 1. AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Memorial name
    • Memorial gates, Greytown Soldiers Memorial Park, Kuratawhiti Street, Greytown, Wairarapa, New Zealand AWMM
    • Memorial trees, 117 lime trees, Avenue of Remembrance, Greytown Soldiers Memorial Park, Kuratawhiti Street, Greytown, Wairarapa, New Zealand AWMM

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DateFirst namesLocationRelationshipContact
05 March 2021MichaelWellington NZResearcher
18 January 2017MichelleMasterton, New ZealandResearcher
08 February 2016AllanRotoruaResearcher
12 April 2015WendyPalmerston North, New ZealandOther Relative

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