BUNTINE, WALTER HORACE CARLYLE

 Person: id 42267
University connections
UMelb
Event flag
World War I
Family name
BUNTINE
Given name(s)
WALTER HORACE CARLYLE
Initials
W.H.C.
Gender
Male
Start date
1914
Survived
Died during WWI
OCRd book entry or other narrative
BUNTINE, WALTER HORACE CARLYLE. 1914.
Caulfield G.S.; Trinity; 2nd year Med.; 1st in pole vaulting at Vic. championships March 1915.
15.5.15; sailed 17.7.15, Cpl. A.A.M.C., No. 1 Hosp. Ship; discharged from A.I.F. 20.9.15, and joined Notts. and Derby Regt. (Sherwood Foresters); thence to R.F.C. 1rth Sqdn. as 2/Lt.; to France June 1916; severely wounded 9.9.16, and awarded M.C.; returned to Australia on furlough; sailed again April 1917; and appointed to instructional staff at Turnberry (N.B.) Flying School. While practising there on 19th June 1917, the machine crashed from 450 feet, and he was killed, aet. 21.
Year commenced - MELBOURNE UNI ONLY
1914
UniMelb Category
Fallen
 
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