DUNNAGE, Spencer Timaru
(Service number 23531)
| First Rank | Private | Last Rank | Private |
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Birth
| Date | 04/11/1894 | Place of Birth | Timaru |
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Enlistment Information
| Date | Age | ||
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| Address at Enlistment | |||
| Occupation | Clerk | ||
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| Marital Status | |||
| Next of Kin | Mrs L.A. Dunnage (Mother), 96 Dairymple Road, Invercargill, New Zealand | ||
Military Service
| Served with | NZ Armed Forces | Served in | Army |
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Embarkation Information
| Body on Embarkation | New Zealand Expeditionary Force | ||
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| Unit, Squadron, or Ship | 13th Reinforcements Otago Infantry Battalion, D Company | ||
| Date | 27 May 1916 | ||
| Transport | Tofua | ||
| Embarked From | Wellington | Destination | Plymouth or Devonport, England |
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| Last Unit Served With | Otago Infantry Regiment, 1st Battalion | ||
Military Awards
| Campaigns | Western European (Somme) | ||
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Award Circumstances and Date
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Prisoner of War Information
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Death
| Date | 27 September 1916 | Age | 21 |
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| Place of Death | Somme, France | ||
| Cause | Killed In action | ||
| Memorial or Cemetery | Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial, Caterpillar Valley Cemetery, Longueval, Somme, France | ||
| New Zealand Memorials | On Memorial wall, Timaru; Winchester War Memorial | ||
Biographical Notes
Son of William Herbert And Laura Adela Dunnage of 89 Dairymple Rd, Invercargill, New Zealand.
Sources
Auckland War Memorial Cenotaph Database [4 September 2013]; Commonwealth War Graves Commission [9 September 2013]; SCRoll web submission by C Knowles, 5 May 2016
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