New Zealand Veterinary Corps
John Fountain LUNN
Private
Died 1 July 1918 · Age uncertain
Age discrepancy: The retained research records different ages in the New Zealand attestation, headstone and newspaper account. The individual readings and newspaper reference still need documentary comparison; no single age is used here. We have not been able to confirm which age is correct.
His story
John Fountain Lunn, also recorded as Fountain John Lunn, served in the New Zealand Veterinary Corps. A January 1918 returning-soldiers list described his occupation as stud manager.
After his return to New Zealand he worked for the Railway Department at New Plymouth. He was found dead at the Trocadero Hotel on 1 July 1918 and was buried at Te Henui Cemetery.
Before the war
- Nationality
- New Zealand service
- Occupation
- Stud manager (returning-soldiers list); Railway Department employee after return
Military service
- Rank recorded
- Private
- Service number
- 17/306
- Corps or service
- New Zealand Veterinary Corps
Death and burial
- Date of death
- 1 July 1918
- Age
- Uncertain
- Place of death
- Trocadero Hotel, New Plymouth
- Cemetery or memorial
- Te Henui Cemetery, New Plymouth
Sources and further reading
- NEW ZEALAND WAR GRAVES PROJECT
- Press, 5 January 1918, “Returning Soldiers”
- New Zealand Herald, 5 January 1918
- CWGC casualty and commemoration record
Cite this biography
Graham Hodgkins and Pete Matthews, “John Fountain Lunn”, Veterinary Virtual War Memorial, https://vetsremembered.org/people/john_fountain_lunn/.
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