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From: In Remembrance: Hungerford and Associated Families in the Great War 1914-1918

Pte Richard Harold Christopher Valentine BULLEN
Regimental Number: 1071
Unit Name: 35th Battalion, D Company

Religion: Methodist
Occupation: Striker
Address: Telarah, via West Maitland, NSW
Age at Enlistment: 18 years and 11 months
Enlistment Date and Place: 11 December 1915,
West Maitland, NSW
Next of Kin: Father, Fredrick George Bullen, Telarah,
via West Maitland, NSW
Rank on Enlistment: Private
Embarkation Details: Unit embarked from Sydney, NSW,
on board HMAT A24 Benalla, on 1 May 1916
Rank from Nominal Roll: Private
Unit from Nominal Roll: 35th Battalion
Campaigns Served: France

War Service/Promotions: Proceeded overseas to France on 21 November 1916. Then on 27 January 1917 admitted to 10th Field Ambulance with deafness, and discharged the same day. Wounded in action 7 June 1917. Invalided to England 8 June 1917 from 83rd General Hospital, Boulogne, France, with a gunshot wound to face. Admitted to Exeter Military Hospital (Grouped Auxiliary Hospital), Exeter, Devon, England, 9 June 1917 with contused eye. Transferred from Exeter to 1st Australian Hospital, with gunshot wound right eye. He was returned to Australian from England for discharge with defective vision, and discharged 19 January 1918.

Place of Wounding: Gunshot wound, face, 7 June 1917, France.
Fate: Returned to Australia per SS Port Lyttleton, 19 October 1917. He married Ethel Lovedale Tiedeman, 3 July 1920, St Luke's Church of England, Homeville, West Maitland, NSW

Place of Death: 4 September 1962, Telarah, NSW
Place of Cremation: Beresfield Crematorium, Beresfield, NSW
Medals/Citations: British War Medal; Victory Medal
War Memorial/Honour Roll: Greta War Memorial, Greta, NSW