Albert Ridfurd Bunting

  • British War Medal
  • Victory Medal
  • Born 14 August 1886, Oamaru, New Zealand
  • Died 27 July 1955, Featherston, Wairarapa
  • Last rank Private/Trooper
  • Service number 35802
  • Served In Wellington Mounted Rifles, 22nd Reinforcements, New Zealand Expeditionary Force
  • Next of Kin Mrs Crawford/Mary Smith (mother), Otaki, Kapiti Coast, New Zealand
  • Pre-war occupation Station Hand for J. Little
  • ReligionChurch of England (Anglican)
  • Enlisted26 September 1916, Featherston
  • Embarkationaboard Moeraki, departed 15 February 1917, Wellington, disembarked Suez, Egypt, 8 April 1917.
  • Theatres of operationEgyptian E.F. 1917-1918
  • Periods of service168 days in New Zealand and one year 352 days overseas in Egypt. Total service of two years and 155 days.
  • Returned to New Zealandaboard Wiltshire, 2 February 1919
  • Discharged1 March 1919, no longer physically fit for war service (due to hernia)
  • AwardedBritish War Medal and Victory Medal
Notes

*Also known as Albert Rutherford Bunting.

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