GUNSON, William Norman
| Service Numbers: | Not yet discovered |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Unit: | Australian Army Chaplains' Department |
| Born: | Warracknabeal, Vic., 1884 |
| Home Town: | Hornsby, Hornsby Shire, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Congregational Clergyman |
| Died: | Sydney, NSW, 11 May 1942, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 20 Jun 1916: | Involvement Australian Army Chaplains' Department, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Runic embarkation_ship_number: A54 public_note: '' | |
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| 20 Jun 1916: | Embarked Australian Army Chaplains' Department, HMAT Runic, Melbourne |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Sharyn Roberts
OBITUARY
Rev; W. N. Gunson
The death occurred in Sydney on Monday of the Rev. W. N. Gunson, minister of the Strathfield-Homebush Congregational Church.. Mr. Gunson died suddenly. He was apparently in good health, and conducted two services in his church on the previous day.
Mr Gunson came to Hobart from Victoria in August 1932 and had charge of the Memorial Congregational Church until April, 1938. He was elected president of the Tasmanian State Council of Churches and of the Congregational Union of Tasmania.
When he left Hobart he went to England, where he remained for six months, then returned to Australia and accepted a call to the Strathfield-Homebush church.
Outside his pulpit and pastoral work Mr. Gunson was keenly interested in educational matters. He was one of the examiners for the Melbourne College of Divinity, and was tutor of the Hobart Y.M.C.A. public speaking class. In his leisure moments he was a golfer, and was a member of the Royal Hobart Golf Club. He was on active service tor 2 1/2years with the A.I.F. in the First World War.
Mr. Gunson is survived by a wife and a brother, the Rev. G. Gunson, of Brigh-ton (V.). Dr. Jean Gunson, of Hobart is a niece.
The Mercury Thursday 14 May 1942 page 2
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