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William Patrick Dunne

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Nominal Roll Vol 3 (Roll 62), Page: 7 - No known copyright restrictions

Nominal Roll Vol 3 (Roll 62), Page: 7 - No known copyright restrictions

Identity

About

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  • Title
    Sergeant Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 17 September 2015 - Military Record
  • Forenames
    William Patrick AWMM
  • Surname
    Dunne AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 38803 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion
    Roman Catholic Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 17 September 2015 - Military Record

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    4 August 1890 Public Source
  • Date of birth
    4 August 1890 Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 17 September 2015 - Military Record
  • Place of birth
    Wellington Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 17 September 2015 - Military Record
  • Birth notes
    son of William and Annie Dunne Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 17 September 2015 - Military Record
  • Address before enlistment
    Eastbourne, Wellington Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 23 May 2015 - Military & Family Records
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    • Mrs E.M. Dunne (wife), care of Mr McDonald, Marshall Avenue, Wanganui, New Zealand AWMM
    • son of William (deceased) and Annie Dunne
      husband of Esther May nee' Wilson Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 23 May 2015 - Military & Family Records
  • Relationship status
    • Married Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 23 May 2015 - Military & Family Records
    • 1917 married Esther May Wilson Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 17 September 2015 - Military Record

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
    Western European - France & Belgium Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 17 September 2015 - Military Record
  • Armed force / branch
    • Army AWMM
    • Wellington Regiment, 1st Btn Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 17 September 2015 - Military Record
  • Service number
    WWI 38803 AWMM
  • Military service
    1916-1917 Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 17 September 2015 - Military Record
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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  • Medals and Awards

Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
    Trentham Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 23 May 2015 - Military Record
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment
    26 yrs Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 23 May 2015 - Military Record

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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    • William Dunne was the husband of Mrs. E. N. Dunne, of Taheka, Wairoa, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand. AWMM
    • Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 14449, 8 November 1917, Page 3
      Private William Patrick Dunne, Wellington Infantry Regiment, killed in action on October 23. The next-of-kin is given as Mrs E. M. Dunne, Nuhaka (wife). Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 12 July 2015 - Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 14449, 8 November 1917, Page 3
    • NEW ZEALAND'S ROLL OF HONOUR.

      DUNNE.—Killed In action on the 23rd October, 1917, Sergt Patrick Dunne, beloved eldest son or Mrs. and the late William Dunne, of Hataitai; aged 28 years. Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 12 July 2015 - NEW ZEALAND'S ROLL OF HONOUR.
      Evening Post, Volume XCIV, Issue 113, 9 November 1917, Page 1
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Death

About death

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  • Death
    23 October 1917 AWMM
    Ypres, Belgium AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Killed in Action AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Tyne Cot Cemetery, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium AWMM XIV. H. 4. AWMM
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  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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DateFirst namesLocationRelationshipContact
17 June 2022Ian BanksTaumarunui New ZealandResearcher
17 September 2015Lorraine MGisborne, NZResearcher

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