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Alfred Dunthorne

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Portrait of Private Alfred Dunthorne, Archives New Zealand, AALZ 25044 5 / F1892 12. Image is subject to copyright restrictions.

Portrait of Private Alfred Dunthorne, Archives New Zealand, AALZ 25044 5 / F1892 12. Image is subjec …

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Alfred AWMM
  • Surname
    Dunthorne AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 26/766 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion
    Wesleyan, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    22 November 1892 Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra Kent, England Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    WW1 Mrs E.E. Dunthorne (wife), care of J. Hague Smith, Rawhiti, Paeroa, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 26/766 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 Tailor/Civilian 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
    • Height, WWI AWMM
      5' 10" AWMM
    • Weight, WWI AWMM
      140 lb AWMM

Last known rank

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  • Last rank

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Disembarked Suez, 15 March 1916.
    Embarked Alexandria for France, 7 April 1916.
    Admitted to No 2 NZ General Hospital, Walton-on-Thames, 11 December 1916, while on leave; discharged to Assistant Provost Marshal, London, 5 April 1917; rejoined unit, in the field, 15 April 1917.
    Wounded in action, 15 June 1917 (gun shot wound, left arm: compound fracture), and admitted to No 3 NZ Field Ambulance; transferred same day to No 2 Australian Casualty Clearing Station; to 83 General Hospital, Boulogne; to England, 20 June 1917, and admitted to No 2 NZ General Hospital, Walton-on-Thames; discharged to duty, 25 July 1917.
    Awarded Distinguished Conduct Medal.
    Appointed Temporary Sergeant, 9 March 1918; Sergeant, 29 July 1918.
    Commenced return to New Zealand from Southampton on board HT 'Willochra', 8 March 1919; discharged, 13 May 1919.
    Total war service: 3 years 214 days (of which 3 years 70 days were abroad) AWMM
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Death

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  • Death
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

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Sources

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  • External links
    Military personnel file
    https://collections.archives.govt.nz/en-NZ/web/arena/search#/entity/aims-archive/R20999433
    Further Reference
  • References
    • McDonald, W. (2013). Honours and Awards to the New Zealand Expeditionary Force in the Great War, 1914-1918. (3rd ed.). Hamilton, N.Z.: Richard Stowers. AWMM
    • New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      24: 20 AWMM
    • Beattie, P.J. & Pomeroy, M. (2013-2020). Onward : portraits of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (vols 1-5). Auckland, New Zealand: Fair Dinkum Publications AWMM
      Vol. 3: Includes portrait AWMM
    • NZEF Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra AWMM

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