BUNNETT, Colin Kenneth
| Service Number: | 17469 |
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| Enlisted: | 6 May 1926 |
| Last Rank: | Petty Officer |
| Last Unit: | HMAS Australia (II) D84 - WW2 |
| Born: | Hotham, Victoria, Australia, 23 May 1911 |
| Home Town: | Hotham Heights, Alpine, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Naval Battle - HMAS Australia raid on Dakar, Dakar, Senegal, French West Africa, 25 September 1940, aged 29 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Plymouth Naval Memorial, Plymouth, Devon, England, United Kingdom |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, HMAS Australia (Honour Roll) |
World War 2 Service
| 6 May 1926: | Enlisted Royal Australian Navy, Petty Officer, 17469, HMAS Australia (II) D84 - WW2 | |
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| 6 May 1926: | Enlisted Royal Australian Navy, Petty Officer, 17469 | |
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement 17469, HMAS Australia (II) D84 - WW2 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by David Barlow
Lieutenant Commander Francis Kevin Fogarty RAN and Petty Officer Telegraphist Colin Kenneth Bunnett 17469 RAN were killed when Walrus II L2247 of 9SQN RAAF was shot down into the sea off the coast from Dakar in French West Africa after being attacked by 3 Vichy French Curtiss Hawk 75A fighter aircraft
The aircraft took off from HMAS Australia with Flight Lieutenant George John Isaiah Clarke 119 RAAF as the pilot to undertake bombardment spotting during Operation Menace (aka The Battle of Dakar - an unsuccessful attempt to capture the strategic port of Dakar in French West Africa in September 1940)
Their bodies were not recovered and the two RAN personnel are commemorated on the Plymouth Naval Memorial in England & FLTLT Clarke is commemorated on the Malta Memorial