DUNFORD, Donald Joseph
(Service number 13745)
| First Rank | Rifleman | Last Rank |
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Birth
| Date | 6 March 1894 | Place of Birth | Geraldine |
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Enlistment Information
| Date | Age | ||
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| Address at Enlistment | C/o Gardners Mill, Turangarere | ||
| Occupation | Mill hand | ||
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| Next of Kin | Alfred DUNFORD (father), 117 Nelson Street, Petone, Wellington | ||
Military Service
| Served with | NZ Armed Forces | Served in | Army |
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Embarkation Information
| Body on Embarkation | New Zealand Rifle Brigade | ||
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| Unit, Squadron, or Ship | 8th Reinforcements, 2nd Battalion, F Company | ||
| Date | 26 June 1916 | ||
| Transport | Tahiti or Maunganui | ||
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Military Awards
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Award Circumstances and Date
No information
Prisoner of War Information
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Death
| Date | 25 February 1979 | Age | 84 years |
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| Memorial or Cemetery | Maunu Cemetery, Whangarei | ||
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Biographical Notes
Donald Joseph Dunford was the fifh son of Alfred and Alice Amelia (née Harding) Dunford. Alfred had arrived with his family at Lyttleton in 1851 on the "Cressy". He was educated at Geraldine District High School before the family moved to Petone in 1905-06. His mother had died in 1905, nine months after the birth of her fourteenth child. His brother Alfred Dunford also served in World War I, as did two cousins - Charles Christopher Dunford and Edward Samuel Dunford.
Sources
Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [20 July 2019]; NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [20 July 2019]; School Admission record (South Canterbury Branch NZSG) [20 July 2019]; Cemetery record (Whangarei District Council) [21 July 2019]; Manawatu Times, 11 February 1916 (Papers Past) [21 July 2019]
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