Profile

DUNNAGE, Herbert Freeman
(Service number 2/1273)

Aliases
First Rank	Gunner	Last Rank	Gunner

Birth

Date	12/03/1881	Place of Birth	Timaru

Enlistment Information

Date		Age
Address at Enlistment	Cambridge
Occupation	Farmer
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status	Single
Next of Kin	Mrs Mary Ada DUNNAGE (mother), Cambridge, Waikato
Religion
Medical Information

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in	Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation	4th Reinforcements
Unit, Squadron, or Ship	New Zealand Field Artillery
Date
Transport	Willochra or Knight Templar or Waitomo
Embarked From		Destination

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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Where Captured and by Whom
Actions Prior to Capture
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Days Interned
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Discharge

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Death

Date	2 January 1958	Age	76 years
Place of Death	Timaru
Cause
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery	Timaru Cemetery
Memorial Reference	Services Section, Row 110, Plot 14
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

Herbert Freeman Dunnage was the son of Charles John and Mary Ada (née Brittin) Dunnage. He was baptised at Pleasant Point and educated at Pleasant point School. Herbet's father died in 1902 and is buried at Pleasant Point. His brother, Robert gordon Dunnage, was killed in action in 1915 at Gallipoli.

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [04 August 2018]; School Admission record (South Canterbury Branch NZSG) [05 August 2018]; Timaru Cemetery headstone image (Timaru District Council) [05 August 2018]

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Researched and Written by

Teresa Scott, SC branch NZSG

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