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DUNNILL, Thomas Wales
(Service number 36433)

The Dunnill family at the 70th wedding anniversary of John and Jessie. Their son Thomas, who served in World War One, is likely pictured. Albert, who also served unfortunately did not live long enough to celebrate this significant anniversary. (South Canterbury Museum )

Aliases
First Rank	Rifleman	Last Rank

Birth

Date	9 November 1895	Place of Birth	Kaitoki, Wellington

Enlistment Information

Date	2 September 1916	Age	21 years 10 months
Address at Enlistment	55 York Street, Timaru
Occupation	Labourer
Previous Military Experience	Senior Cadets
Marital Status	Single
Next of Kin	John DUNNILL (father), 53 York Street, Timaru
Religion	Church of England
Medical Information	Height 5 feet 10 inches. Weight 136 lbs. Chest measurement 33-35 inches. Complexion fair. Eyes brown. Hair brown. Sight & hearing both good. Colour vision correct. Limbs well formed. Full & perfect movement of all joints. Chest well formed. Heart & lungs normal. Illness - operation for varicose veins of left thigh & leg. Free from hernia, varicocele, varicose veins, haemorrhoids, inveterate or contagious skin disease. No vaccination mark. Good bodily & mental health. No slight defects. No fits. Operation scars for removal of varicose veins of left thigh & leg.

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in	Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation	New Zealand Rifle Brigade
Unit, Squadron, or Ship	Reinforcements, G Company
Date	19 January 1917
Transport	Waitemata
Embarked From		Destination	Plymouth, Devon, England

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With	15th Company, 2nd A.I.R.

Military Awards

Campaigns	Western European
Service Medals	British War Medal; Victory Medal
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	11 July 1919	Reason	On account of illness (Trench Fever).

Hospitals, Wounds, Diseases and Illnesses

Post-war Occupations

Death

Date	19 September 1953	Age	59 years
Place of Death	Timaru
Cause
Notices	Timaru Herald, 21 September 1953
Memorial or Cemetery	Timaru Cemetery
Memorial Reference	General Section, Row 42, Plot 39
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

Thomas Wales Dunnill was the fourth son of John and Caroline Elizabeth Dunnill. Thomas was initially rejected as unfit for the military forces on medical grounds.

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [09 November 2016]; NZ Defence Force Personnel Records (Archives NZ Ref. AABK 18805 W5537 0036368) [10 November 2016]; NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [09 November 2016]; Timaru Herald, 24 October 1913, 7 November 1913, 20 September 1916, 7 March 1918, 24 April 1918, 25 June 1918, 30 July 1918, 22 & 25 January 1919, Sun, 8 March 1918, Dominion, 25 June 1918, Otago Daily Times, 24 January 1919, Press, 11 January 1924, 20 May 1926, 2 January 1937 (Papers Past) [10 & 11 November 2016]; Timaru Herald, 21 September 1953 (Timaru District Library) [14 November 2016]

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