The Australian Boer War Memorial
Anzac Parade Canberra
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Trooper (Later Sergeant) Richard Bunn |
Ancestor Details
Name of Ancestor: Richard William Bunn
Ancestor's date of birth: 03/08/1878
Ancestor's date of death: 21/06/1937
Cause of Death: Natural Causes
Service and Life Before the Boer War: Builder around Port lincoln, Streaky Bay and Cowell.
Service Number: 141
Colony or State of enlistment: SA, Place of Enlistment: Adelaide
Unit: 4th South Australian Imperial Bushmen
Rank attained in Boer War: TPR, Date Effective: 1900
Highest Rank attained (if served after war): SGT, Date Effective: 16/05/1915
Murray Page: 360
Contingent: Fourth South Australian
Ship: Manhattan, Date of Sailing: 01/05/1900
Memorial details: Detail not provided
Awards/Decorations/Commendations: Queen's South Africa Medal with Cape Colony, Transvaal and SA 1901 clasps. British War Medal, Victory Medal.
Personal Characteristics: Height 167 cm, weight 73 kg (1915), of fair complexion with dark brown hair and blue eyes.
Reasons to go and fight: Detail not provided.
Details of service in war: June 1900 - June 1901 in Cape Colony including charge at Bakenkop (3 July 1900) and skirmish at Stinkhoutboom where three killed (24 July 1900), and in northern Transvaal including battle of Rhenoster Kop (29 November 1900), great De Wet hunt, and advance on Pietersburg and into east Transvaal.
Service and life after the Boer War: Returned to Australia 27 July 1901 on the Britannic. Married Elizabeth. Joined the AIF on 18 October 1915 3rd Light Horse, 18th Reinforcements. Made acting sergeant 16 May 1915 only to lose this rank soon after. Joined 1 Double Squadron in Palestine on 29 May 1916, promoted corporal 1 July 1916, transferred to the 4th (Australian) Battalion Imperial Camel Corps 2 November 1916. Suffered a broken tibia on 6 March 1917 at Abbassia, and was eventually returned to Australia and discharged on 11 July 1917.
Descendant Details
Name of Descendant: Mark Brenton Taylor, Port Augusta SA
Relationship to Ancestor: Great Grandson
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