DUNFORD, Edward Samuel
(Service number 7/711)
| Aliases |
Sometimes written Edwin |
| First Rank |
Trooper |
Last Rank |
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Birth
| Date |
Unknown |
Place of Birth |
Temuka |
Enlistment Information
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Age |
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| Address at Enlistment |
289 King Street, Temuka |
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| Previous Military Experience |
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| Marital Status |
Single |
| Next of Kin |
H. DUNFORD (father), 289 King Street, Temuka |
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Military Service
| Served with |
NZ Armed Forces |
Served in |
Army |
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Embarkation Information
| Body on Embarkation |
2nd Reinforcements |
| Unit, Squadron, or Ship |
Canterbury Mounted Rifles |
| Date |
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| Transport |
Verdala or Willochra or Knight of the Garter |
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Military Awards
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Death
| Date |
21 December 1964 |
Age |
77 years |
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| Notices |
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| Memorial or Cemetery |
Waikumete Cemetery, Auckland |
| Memorial Reference |
Servicemen's Area L, Row 1, Plot ! |
| New Zealand Memorials |
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Biographical Notes
Edward Samuel Dunford was the youngest son of Henry (Harry) and Margaret Jane (née Cotton). Henry had arrived with his family at Lyttleton in 1851 on the "Cressy" and married Irish-born Margaret Jane in 1866 at Christchurch. Charles Christopher Dunford, a brother of Edward, served in World War I, as did two cousins - Alfred Dunford and Donald Joseph Dunford, and three nephews - Albert William Fisher, George Duncan Fisher and James McNicol Fisher.
Sources
Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [20 July 2019]; NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [20 July 2019]; Temuka Leader, 29 March 1904, 6 September 1904, 25 March 1905, 1 June 1905, 23 December 1905, 3 February 1906, 31 March 1906, 12 May 1906, 16 February 1907, 2, 9 & 14 March 1907, 11 Junre 1907, 28 December 1909, 18 April 1911, 16, 23 & 30 May 1911, 20 June 1911, 25 July 1911, 10 August 1911, 23 September 1911, 17 December 1912, 2 January 1913, 4 March 1913, 3 May 1913, 5 June 1913, 5, 26 & 31 July 1913, 9 August 1913, 14 October 1913 [x 2], 8, 15 & 22 November 1913, 31 January 1914, 12 February 1914, 19 & 31 March 1914, 21 April 1914, 3 October 1914, 2 & 6 January 1917, 19 June 1917, 10 & 22 May 1919, 7 & 26 June 1919, 31 July 1919, 16 & 30 August 1919, 18 & 28 October 1919, 20 & 22 November 1919, 16 December 1919, 5, 14 & 19 February 1920, 23 & 25 March 1919, 9 December 1920, 4 January 1921, 12 & 14 April 1921, 11 September 1926, Timaru Herald, 6 October 1914, 18 September 1915, Lyttelton Times, 22 October 1914, 12 June 1915, Otago Daily Times, 11 June 1915, 8 October 1915, 11 September 1926, New Zealand Times, 15 & 17 September 1915, Greymouth Evening Star, 16 September 1915, Evening Post, 7 October 1915, Sun, 26 April 1919, Waikato Times, 25 May 1923, New Zealand herald, 22 September 1932, 12 May 1938, 19 May 1939 (Papers Past) [20, 21 & 22 July 2019]; Waikumete Cemetery record (Auckland Council) [21 July 2019]
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