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DUNNILL, Charles Edward
(Service number 84254)

Aliases
First Rank	Private	Last Rank	Private

Birth

Date	3 December 1886	Place of Birth	Wellington

Enlistment Information

Date	7 June 1918	Age	31 years
Address at Enlistment	Kingsdown, Timaru
Occupation	Labourer
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status	Married. One child
Next of Kin	Mrs E. A. DUNNILL (wife), Kingsdown, Timaru
Religion	Church of England
Medical Information	Height 5 feet 6 inches. Weight 140 lbs. Chest measurement 35-37 inches. Complexion fair. Eyes grey. Hair brown. Sight - both eyes 6/6. Hearing & colour vision both normal. Limbs well formed. full & perfect movement of all joints. Chest well formed. Heart - t...cardium. Lungs normal. Free from hernia, varicocele, varicose veins, haemorrhoids, inveterate or contagious skin disease. Good bodily & mental health. No fits. No notification for consumption. Never under treatment in a sanatorium or mental institution. Absence from work through ill-health or accident - trivial.

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in	Army
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Discharge

Date	18 June 1915; 23 November 1918	Reason	Medically unfit; Certificate of Leave in lieu of Discharge.

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Post-war Occupations

Farmer

Death

Date	3 April 1957	Age	70 years
Place of Death	Wai-api, Temuka (residence)
Cause
Notices	Timaru Herald, 4 April 1957
Memorial or Cemetery	Temuka Cemetery
Memorial Reference	General Section, Row 73, Plot 26
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

Charles Edward Dunnill was the son of John and Caroline Elizabeth Dunnill. Charles Edward Dunnill married Ellen Alice Ivy Gobbitt on 28 July 1910 in Timaru. Ellen and Charles divirced in 1926. A son, Thomas Charles, was born on 10 February 1911 at Timaru. Charles was medically examined first in 1915 at Timaru but was found unfit.

Sources

NZ Defence Force Personnel Records (Archives NZ Ref. AABK 18805 W5537 0036367) [10 November 2016]; Probate record (Archives NZ/Family Search) [10 November 2016]; Timaru Herald, 4 April 1957 (Timaru District Library) [10 November 2016]; Timaru Herald, 1 May 1913, 9 August 1913, 11 June 1914, 22 May 1918, 13 July 1918, 11 & 17 September 1918, Waimate Daily Advertiser, 10 June 1918, Press, 11 January 1924, 12 April 1924, 26 September 1924, 2 September 1925, 11 March 1927, 25 May 1927, 16 October 1935 (Papers Past) [09, 10 & 11 November 2016]

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