Alan William BUNKER

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BUNKER, Alan William

Service Number:	WX19519
Enlisted:	4 February 1942
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	11 Infantry Battalion AMF
Born:	Mortigallup, Western Australia, 7 October 1915
Home Town:	Kendenup, Plantagenet Shire, Western Australia
Schooling:	Mortigallup Primary School, Western Australia
Occupation:	Farmer
Died:	Motor Vehicle Accident, Kendenup, Western Australia, 3 February 1947, aged 31 years
Cemetery:	Kendenup Cemetery, Western Australia
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World War 2 Service

4 Feb 1942:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, WX19519, 11 Infantry Battalion AMF
25 Aug 1944:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, WX19519, 11 Infantry Battalion AMF

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Biography contributed by Chris Buckley

Private Alan William Bunker (Service No:WX19519) enlisted in the Army on 4 February 1942 and was attached to special guard duties Dunreath before serving with 134 Brigade Ordnance Field Park and 11th Infantry Battalion at Adelaide River, NT (14 March 1943 - 11 August 1944). Private Bunker was attached to 11th Infantry Battalion at Discharge on 25 August 1944. Siblings Jim, George and Harry also served in WWII.

Alan was born in Mortigallup via Albany, WA in 1915, seventh of eight children of George Edward Bunker (b1876 in Melbourne, Victoria) and Annie Ansit Williams (b1882 in Melbourne, Victoria). George and Annie married in 1901 and lived in Kalgoorlie and Boulder where George was a Fireman. By 1910 they had moved their family to Tenterden WA where George was a Farmer, moving to Mortigallup by 1914. George was a Farmer at Happy Valley Farm in Mortigallup.

Alan was Farm Manager at Glen Lyon Farm in Kendenup and in 1939 married Irene (Rene) Elise Duff (b1914 in Kalgoorlie, WA). Following his Discharge from the Army, Alan returned to Kendenup where he was a Farmer (Orcard - Glen View Farm) in 1947 when he was critically injured - the truck he was driving crahed into a tree and Alan died in the Ambulance en route to hospital. Rene died in 1997.

'.... his happy manner and friendliness always making him a welcome visitor and his readiness to lend a hand was known to all' (Trove - Obituary 1947).

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