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DUNNETT, James
(Service number 21667)

Aliases
First Rank Driver Last Rank Private

Birth

Date 01/05/1884 Place of Birth Scotland

Enlistment Information

Date Age
Address at Enlistment C/o Latter Cloudy Rains, Marlborough
Occupation Chauffeur
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status
Next of Kin D. DUNNETT (father), Seadown, Timaru
Religion
Medical Information

Military Service

Served with NZ Armed Forces Served in Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation New Zealand Expeditionary Force
Unit, Squadron, or Ship 16th Reinforcements, New Zealand Army Service Corps
Date 19 August 1916
Transport Aparima
Embarked From Destination Devonport, Devon, England
Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With Cyclist Corps

Military Awards

Campaigns
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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 28 November 1957 Age 77 years
Place of Death
Cause
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery Timaru Cemetery
Memorial Reference Services Section, Row 110, Plot 13
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

James Dunnett, 21667, was one of the four sons of David and Barbara Dunnett, of Seadown. It appears that the family came out to New Zealand from Scotland not long before the war. His brothers George, John and William also served in World War One.

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [12 December 2016]; Timaru Cemetery headstone image (Timaru District Council) [12 December 2016]

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