BUNYAN, Charles
| Service Number: | 2286 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 36th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Rookwood, New South Wales, Australia, 29 January 1895 |
| Home Town: | Hamilton, Newcastle, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Stonemason |
| Died: | Hamilton, New South Wales, Australia, 19 September 1942, aged 47 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Sandgate General Cemetery, Newcastle, NSW METHODIST 1 (WESLEYAN) I SW. 67. |
| Memorials: | Hamilton Superior Public School Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 17 Oct 1916: | Involvement Private, 2286, 36th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Borda embarkation_ship_number: A30 public_note: '' | |
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| 17 Oct 1916: | Embarked Private, 2286, 36th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Borda, Sydney | |
| 7 Jun 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2286, 36th Infantry Battalion, Battle of Messines, SW leg & back | |
| 11 Jul 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2286, 36th Infantry Battalion, splinter below right eye | |
| 2 Apr 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2286, 36th Infantry Battalion, German Spring Offensive 1918, GSW left forearm, Villers Bretonneux | |
| 6 Mar 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2286, 36th Infantry Battalion, 2nd MD |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
Served and suffered during The Great War, resting at Sandgate Cemetery.
79 years ago today, on the Friday of the 18th September 1942, Private Charles H Bunyan, 36th Battalion (Reg No-2286), stonemason from 7 Crompton Street, Hamilton, New South Wales, was laid to rest at Sandgate Cemetery, age 47. METHODIST 1 (WESLEYAN) I SW. 67.
No funeral or death notice located.
Born at Rookwood, New South Wales on the 29th January 1895 to William and Sara A Bunyan; husband of Emeline (Emmelina, Emily) Mary Jane Bunyan nee Byrnes (married 1921, Penrith, N.S.W., died 1970? Penrith, N.S.W.), Charles enlisted February 1916 at Newcastle, N.S.W.
Wounded in action - 7.6.1917 (SW leg & back, Battle of Messines), 11.7.1917 (splinter below right eye), 2.4.1918 (GSW left forearm, Villers Bretonneux).
Admitted to hospital 19.6.1918 (influenza), 31.8.1918 (structure of urethra).
Charles was invalided home December 1918, being discharged medically unfit on the 6th March 1919.
Mr. Bunyan’s name has been inscribed on the Hamilton (Gregson Park) War Memorial - photos, unveiled on the 20th May 1922, 627 names originally inscribed, 634 names now inscribed, 98 Fallen), Hamilton Municipal District Roll of Honor, Hamilton Superior Public School Roll of Honour and The Capt. Clarence Smith Jeffries (V.C.) and Pte. William Matthew Currey (V.C.) Memorial Wall.
I have placed poppies on Charles’s white marble headstone in remembrance of his service and sacrifice for God, King and Country.
Service record states Died after Discharge,17/9/1924, should be 1942.
Lest We Forget.
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