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DUNSTAN, Edgar
(Service number 2/151)

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First Rank Last Rank

Birth

Date Unknown Place of Birth

Enlistment Information

Date Age
Address at Enlistment R.N.Z.A. Depot, Wellington
Occupation Bombardier
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status Single
Next of Kin T. H. R. DUNSTAN, Belt Street, Waimate
Religion
Medical Information

Military Service

Served with NZ Armed Forces Served in Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation Main Body
Unit, Squadron, or Ship New Zealand Field Artillery
Date
Transport Arawa or Limerick
Embarked From Destination
Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With

Military Awards

Campaigns
Service Medals
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

Civil servant

Death

Date 28 April 1959 Age 69 years
Place of Death
Cause
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery Ruru Lawn Cemetery, Christchurch
Memorial Reference Area 37, Plot 33
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

Edgar Dunstan was the son of Thomas Henry Ripper and Rosina (née Vincent) Dunstan, and a brother of Charles Ernest and william Arthur Dunstan who also served in World War One. .

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [24 February 2017]; NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [24 February 2017]; Ruru Cemetery, Christchurch headstone transcription (Canterbury Branch NZSG) [24 February 2017]

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