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Irwin BUNYAN

Regimental number4673
Place of birthPenrith New South Wales
SchoolEmu Plains Public School, New South Wales
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationLabourer
AddressEmu Plains, via Penrith, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation26
Next of kinMother, Mrs S Bunyan, Emu Plains, via Penrith, New South Wales
Previous military serviceServed in the ight Horse, Citizen Military Forces, Penrith, NSW.
Enlistment date31 January 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name19th Battalion, 12th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/36/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A40 Ceramic on 13 April 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll19th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 11 May 1917
Place of death or woundingBullecourt, France
Age at death27
Age at death from cemetery records27
Place of burialBologne Eastern Cemetery (Plot IV, Row B, Grave No. 19), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
88
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: William and Sarah BUNYAN, Emu Plains, New South Wales
Family/military connectionsBrother: 4672 Pte Edwin BUNYAN, 19th Bn, killed in action, Passchendaele, Belgium, 8 October 1917.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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