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Cenotaph record

John William Dunbar

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  • Service number
    WWI 7/2251 AWMM
  • Also known as
    Jack Public - Janice - Other Relative - 5 May 2015 - Family information
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Last rank
  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
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Photograph of John William Dunbar. Image kindly provided by the Dunbar family (June 2018). Image has no known copyright restrictions.

Photograph of John William Dunbar. Image kindly provided by the Dunbar family (June 2018). Image has …

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    John William AWMM
  • Surname
    Dunbar AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    Jack Public - Janice - Other Relative - 5 May 2015 - Family information
  • Service number
    WWI 7/2251 AWMM
  • Gender
    • Male AWMM
    • Male Public - Janice - Other Relative - 5 May 2015 - Known
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    22 May 1897 Public Source
  • Date of birth
    22 May 1897 Public - Janice - Other Relative - 17 May 2015 - Birth Certificate - 1897/6309
  • Place of birth
    Brunnerton, West Coast, New Zealand Public - Janice - Other Relative - 17 May 2015 - Birth Certificate - 1897/6309
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Ripon Street, Lyttleton, Christchurch Public - Janice - Other Relative - 17 May 2015 - Militar personnel file
  • Post war occupation
    Plantation overseer Macuata, Vanua Levu, Fiji Public - Janice - Other Relative - 15 May 2015 - Family knowledge
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    • Mrs D. Dunbar (mother), Canterbury Street, Lyttelton, New Zealand AWMM
    • Mrs David Dunbar - Emma Public - Janice - Other Relative - 22 April 2015 - Birth Reg. No.1897/6309; entry 30. Shows father David a miner aged 27 born in Muirkirk, Ayrshire, mother Emma aged 21 born Chch, married 5 Nov 1896
  • 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 7/2251 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
  • Occupation before enlistment
    Working for D Miller, Lyttleton Public - Janice - Other Relative - 15 May 2015 - Military Personnel File
  • Age on enlistment
    18 Public - Janice - Other Relative - 15 May 2015 - Birth Registration No. 1897 6309 - DOB 22 May 1897

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

Last known rank

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  • Last rank

Biographical information

Biographical information

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Death

About death

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  • Death
    10 December 1930 Public Source
  • Date of death
    10 December 1930 Public - Janice - Other Relative - 17 May 2015 - Death certificate
  • Age at death
    33 Public - Janice - Other Relative - 17 May 2015 - Death certificate
  • Place of death
    Seva, Macuata, Vanua Levu, Fiji Public - Janice - Other Relative - 17 May 2015 - Death certificate
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

Sources

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  • External links
    Military personnel file
    https://collections.archives.govt.nz/en-NZ/web/arena/search#/entity/aims-archive/R20999034
    Further Reference
  • References
    • New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      26: 4 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

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DateFirst namesLocationRelationshipContact
25 March 2017JaniceAuckland, New ZealandOther relative
17 May 2015JaniceAuckland, New ZealandOther Relative
15 May 2015JaniceAuckland, New ZealandOther Relative

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