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GUNN, Charles
(Service number 24/773)

Aliases
First Rank	Lance Corporal	Last Rank	Rifleman

Birth

Date	04/03/1905	Place of Birth	Wataroa, West Coast

Enlistment Information

Date		Age
Address at Enlistment	Ward, Marlborough
Occupation	Bridge builder
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status	Single
Next of Kin	Mrs P A Gunn(mother) Wataroa
Religion	CoE
Medical Information

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation	2nd Battalion, NZ Rifle Brigade
Unit, Squadron, or Ship	C Company
Date	9 October 1915
Transport	HMNZT 30. 31,32.33.34. Maunganui, Tahiti, Aparima, Navua, Warrimoo
Embarked From	Wellington	Destination	Suez, Egypt

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With	NZ Rifle RIfle Brigade, 2nd Battalion, 3rd

Military Awards

Campaigns
Service Medals
Military Awards

Award Circumstances and Date

No information

Prisoner of War Information

Date of Capture
Where Captured and by Whom
Actions Prior to Capture
PoW Serial Number
PoW Camps
Days Interned
Liberation Date

Discharge

Date		Reason

Hospitals, Wounds, Diseases and Illnesses

Post-war Occupations

Death

Date	18 June 1916	Age	26
Place of Death	Somme, France
Cause	kia
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery	Cite Bonjean Military Cemetery, Armentieres,France
Memorial Reference	II. B.34
New Zealand Memorials	On Memorial wall, Timaru

Biographical Notes

son of Alexander and Phoebe Ann Gunn ofWataroa, Westland. Other brothers, Willliam b 1879. Henry b 1881, Richard b 1884

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Researched and Written by

Liz Shea (SC branch NZSG)

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