Robert Gordon DUNNAGE

Regimental number10/113
Date of birth29 January 1895
Place of birthPleasant Point
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationLabourer
AddressDannevirke
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation29.7
Height5' 10.5"
Weight160 lbs
Next of kinMother, Mrs Mary Ada Dunnage, Cambridge, Waikato
Previous military serviceServed for 3 years in the Bay of Islands Volunteers; left the district; not serving in any military unit at time of NZEF enlistment.
Enlistment date17 August 1914
Place of enlistmentMasterton
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, Main Body, Wellington Infantry Battalion
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 10 Arawa on 16 October 1914
Final rankPrivate
Final unitWellington Infantry Regiment
FateKilled in Action 8 May 1915
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsTwelve Tree Copse (New Zealand) Memorial, Gallipoli, Turkey
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Mother: Mrs M.A. Dunnage, Mauku, Pukekohe, Auckland
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Reported missing, 8 May 1915.

Board of Enquiry, Moascar Camp, Ismailia, 16 January 1916, concluded: 'Now believed to be dead.'

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Wellington Infantry Batln/Main Body
SourcesArchives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805, File 20999509

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