Daniel DUNSTAN

Regimental number21569
Date of birth18 July 1892
Place of birthChristchurch
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationLabourer
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation23
Height6' 0"
Weight147 lbs
Next of kinMother, Mrs M Dunstan, 49 Sandyford Street, Sydenham, Christchurch
Previous military serviceServed in the Canterbury Infantry Regiment; resigned.
Enlistment date4 May 1916
Place of enlistmentTrentham
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 16th Reinforcements, Canterbury Infantry Battalion, C Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 62 Mokoia on 21 August 1916
Discharge date6 April 1918
Other details

War service: Western Front

Embarked Dunedin, 20 August 1916; disembarked Devonport, England, 24 October 1916, and marched into Sling Camp.

Proceeded overseas to France, 15 November 1916; joined 1st Bn, Canterbury Infantry Regiment, in the field, 2 December 1916.

Detached to Divisional Dump, 30 September 1917; rejoined Bn, 7 October 1917.

Wounded in action, 12 October 1917 (gun shot wound, left thigh), and admitted to No 3 Australian Field Ambulance; transferred same day to No 3 Canadian Casualty Clearing Station, 13 October 1917; to No 3 Canadian General Hospital, Boulogne, 19 October 1917; to England, 21 December 1917, and admitted same day to 2nd London General Hospital, Chelsea. Transferred to No 1 NZ General Hospital, Brockenhurst, 13 March 1918.

Classified as unfit by Medical Board, 26 March 1918, and placed on NZ Roll.

Commenced return to New Zealand from Avonmouth on board HS 'Marama', 6 April 1918; discharged (no longer physically fit for War Service on account of wounds received in action), 2 May 1919.

Total war service: 3 years (of which 1 year 270 days was abroad)

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
Date of death29 October 1973 Christchurch
Age at death81
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 38, p. 14
Archives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805