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DUNNILL, Arthur Leslie
(Service number 36432)

Aliases
First Rank	Rifleman	Last Rank	Private

Birth

Date	16 February 1897	Place of Birth	St Andrews, Canterbury

Enlistment Information

Date	21 September 1916	Age	19 years 7 months
Address at Enlistment	Waratah, Albury
Occupation	Labourer
Previous Military Experience	Territorial - still serving
Marital Status	Single
Next of Kin	John DUNNILL (father), 53 York Street, Timaru
Religion	Church of England
Medical Information	Height 6 feet 2 inches. Weight 151 lbs. Chest measurement 33-35½ inches. Complexion fair. Eyes grey. 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 removal of varicose veins of left thigh & leg. Free from hernia, varicocele, varicose veins, haemorrhoids, inveterate or contagious skin disease. Vaccinated. Good bodily & mental health. No slight defects. No fits. Scars - removal of varicose veins 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	Infantry Regiment

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	17 July 1918	Reason	As being no longer physically fit for war service on account of illness contracted on Active Service (Phlebitis).

Hospitals, Wounds, Diseases and Illnesses

Post-war Occupations

Death

Date	30 October 1959	Age	62 years
Place of Death	8 Burwood Road, Christchurch (residence)
Cause
Notices	Timaru Herald, 31 October 1959
Memorial or Cemetery
Memorial Reference
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

Arthur Leslie Victor Dunnill was the son of John and Caroline Elizabeth Dunnill. Arthur was initially rejected as unfit for the military forces on medical grounds. When enlisting he put his age up by a year; it is not obvious whether this was a genuine error or because he was only 19 years old. He also saw service in World War Two.

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [09 November 2016]; NZ Defence Force Personnel Records (Archives NZ Ref. AABK 18805 W5922 0357473) [10 November 2016]; NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [09 November 2016]; Timaru Herald, 31 October 1959 (Timaru District Library) [10 November 2016]; Probate record (Archives NZ/Family Search) [10 November 2016]; Timaru Herald, 20 September 1916, 7 March 1918, Star, 13 March 1918, Press, 17 August 1923 (Papers Past) [10 November 2016]

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