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| Name | BUNTER – Luke |
|---|---|
| Regiment (s) | Royal Marines Plymouth Division 75th and 39th Company |
| Regiment Number (s) | 8001 |
| Date/Age/Place/Trade or Profession at Attestation | 18th October 1833 / 19 years / Not yet known Labourer |
| Description – Height Complexion/Eyes/Hair/Scars | 5 Ft 7¾ in Fresh / Hazel / Light / None |
| Overseas Service/Duration | Afloat 15 years 3 months 3 days Ashore 6 years 9 months 27 Days Talbot 16 June 1834-11 November 1834 Aque 30 January 1835-5 November 1835 Castor & Batt Spain 18 November1836-28 January 1840 Pique/Revenge 27 July 1840-22 September 1841 Pilot 17 July 1843-23 September 1847 Portland 2 September 1850- 6 July 1853 Naiad 7 July 1853-21 July 1855 |
| Length of Service | 22 years 30 days less 1 year underage total 21 years 1 month |
| Rank/Date/Place of Discharge | Corporal / 17th November 1855 / Not yet known |
| Campaign Medals | Naval General Service Medal with Syria clasp |
| Intended Residence at Discharge | Not yet known |
| Pension Districts | 1855 Salisbury 1858 – 1891 Western Australia |
| Pension Paid | £21.12.0 per annum |
| Date of Departure and Place England or Ireland | 5th March 1858 Plymouth England |
| Ship and Date of Arrival Western Australia | LORD RAGLAN 1st June 1858 |
| Date/Place of Birth | 1814 Bradpole Bridport Dorset England |
| Date/Place of Baptism | Not yet known |
| Father Date/Place of Birth | BUNTER James B 1782 Christchurch, Dorset England |
| Mother Date/Place of Birth Marriage | HYLE Ann bap 20th September 1772 Loders Dorset England 30th September 1805 Bradpole Dorset England |
| Siblings | Not yet known |
| 1st Wife Date of Birth or Baptism | SIMMONDS (Mary) Jane c1830 England |
| Date/Place of Marriage | November 8 1847 Sherborne Dorset England |
| Children by 1st Wife | Sarah Ann B 4th March 1849 Tiverton Devon England M MURPHY Michael 1866 Greenough Western Australia D 5th December 1900 Geraldton Western Australia bur Urch Street Cemetery now Apex Park Geraldton Western Australia Mary (Banter) b 1851 bp 7 August 1851 Sherborne Dorset M 1870 HERBERT William Greenough Flats Western Australia D 3rd October 1933 (aged 82 years) Geraldton Western Australia – making her date of birth 1851- bur Urch Street Cemetery now Apex Park Geraldton Western Australia James B 1856 Bp 7 December 1856 Sherborne Dorset England M MOORE Sarah Ann 1877 Northampton WA Possible M CRANE Katherine 1903 Back Flats (Greenough) WA D 10th September 1922 Geraldton Western Australia bur Urch Street Cemetery now Apex Park Geraldton Western Australia Grace B 1859 Fremantle Western Australia M McGUINNESS Bernard 1876 Geraldton Western Australia D 31st March 1939 Western Australia bur Bootenal Cemetery Greenough Western Australia Sylvia Hoyle B 1861 Fremantle Western Australia William John B 1865 Fremantle Western Australia M SIVWRIGHT Jane 1887 Geraldton Western Australia D 2nd October 1922 Geraldton Western Australia bur Urch Street Cemetery now Apex Park Geraldton Western Australia Martha B 1870 Western Australia M McGUINESS Michael 1882 Greenough Western Australia Son of Patrick McGUINESS 46TH Regiment Edwin Fox. D 1928 Geraldton Western Australia Sussanah B Greenough Western Australia M GRAY David Alexander 1887 Geraldton Western Australia D 21st August 1950 Geraldton Western Australia bur Nabawa Cemetery Western Australia |
| Father of 1st wife Date/Place of Birth | Not yet known |
| Mother of 1st wife Date/Place of Birth Marriage | Not yet known |
| Land Grants Western Australia | None |
| Occupation after Arrival | Not yet known |
| Newspaper Articles | Geraldton Guardian Tuesday 13 February 1912 page 2 death of Mrs Bunter |
| Departure from Western Australia | Not applicable |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial | 25th November 1891 Geraldton Western Australia Urch Street Cemetery now Apex Park Geraldton Western Australia |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial Wife | 11th February 1912 Geraldton Western Australia Urch Street Cemetery now Apex Park Geraldton Western Australia |
| Will or Probate | None known |
| Further Information | In the 1851 Census Jane Bunter age 23, born Sherborne Dorset, and her daughter Sarah Ann age 2, born Plymouth Dorset, are living at Acreman Street, Sherborne with her in-laws James and Ann Bunter. James, born Christchurch, Devon, is aged 69 and Ann, born Bradpole, Dorset is age 67. James is a shepherd and Jane a silk … The Bunter family lived at the Back Flats Greenough suggesting he was a farmer although son James also at Back Flats was a blacksmith/wheelwright |