Corporal

William George Gunn

MM

Awards

Conflict: 
WW1
Additional Information: 

Son of Jessie Sainsbury, of Mornington, Dunedin, New Zealand.

References:
  • CWGC
  • Archives New Zealand
NZ WAR GRAVES

Public Contributions:

There are no public contributions written for this casualty

Personal Tributes:

Casualty

Service Number: 
23/440
Name:
William George Gunn
Rank: 
Corporal
Date of Birth:
Not known
Next of Kin: 
Mrs Jessie Gunn (mother), Toiro Street, Balclutha, Otago, New Zealand
Date of Enlistment:
Not known
Enlistment Address: 
132 Nith Street, Invercargill, New Zealand
Armed Force: 
Army
Unit:
New Zealand Machine Gun Corps

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:
Died of wounds
Date of Death:
05 December 1918
Day of Death:
Thursday
Age at Death: 
22
Conflict: 
WW1

Embarkation Details

Embarkation Body:
1st Battalion, New Zealand Rifle Brigade
Embarkation Place:
Wellington, New Zealand
Embarkment Date:
09 October 1915
Transport:

HMNZT 30
HMNZT 31
HMNZT 32
HMNZT 33
HMNZT 34
Vessel:
Maunganui or Tahiti or Aparima or Navua or Warrimoo
Destination:
Suez, Egypt

Text in italics supplied by Cenotaph Online, Auckland War Memorial Museum

Cemetery

Cemetery Reference: 
G. 15B.
Cemetery Location: 
France
William George Gunn
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