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DORE, William John
(Service number 77541)

Aliases
First Rank	Trooper	Last Rank	Trooper

Birth

Date	31/08/1889	Place of Birth	Makikihi

Enlistment Information

Date		Age
Address at Enlistment	Sherwood Downs, Fairlie
Occupation	Farmer
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status	Single
Next of Kin	Mrs J. DORE (mother), C/o Mrs J. D. Parker, Rolleston
Religion	Roman Catholic
Medical Information

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in	Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation
Unit, Squadron, or Ship
Date
Transport
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Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With

Military Awards

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Award Circumstances and Date

No information

Prisoner of War Information

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Discharge

Date		Reason

Hospitals, Wounds, Diseases and Illnesses

Post-war Occupations

Sheepfarmer

Death

Date	13 August 1960	Age	71 years
Place of Death
Cause
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery	Timaru Cemetery
Memorial Reference	General Section, Row 49, Plot 558
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

William John Dore was the elder son of John and Margaret (née Houlihan) Dore, both of whom came from County Kerry, Ireland. His father, John, died in 1905. William married Euphemia Jessie Dunnett (known as Jessie) in 1921..

Sources

NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [9 February 2018]; Timaru Cemetery headstone image (Timaru District Council) [10 February 2018]

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Researched and Written by

Teresa Scott, SC branch NZSG

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