Edward Archibald BUNN

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Service Number:	6972
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	5th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Mount Egerton, Victoria, Australia, 16 May 1887
Home Town:	Footscray, Maribyrnong, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Railway Guard
Died:	Killed in Action, Belgium, 20 September 1917, aged 30 years
Cemetery:	Tyne Cot Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Footscray Town Hall Roll of Honour

23 Nov 1916:	Involvement Private, 6972, 5th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: ''
23 Nov 1916:	Embarked Private, 6972, 5th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Melbourne

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Edward was born in Mount Egerton, son of William Arthur Bunn and Isabella McDonald. He was the eldest of 7 children.

He married Nina Northam in 1915. They had one son.

He enlisted on 13 September 1916 and arrived in France on 25 April 1917 and was killed in action on 20 September 2017.