Other Information:Richard enlisted into the R.A.M.C. (T.F.) on 7th June 1915, and was embodied into the 3/2nd Welsh Field Ambulance. He was 39 years and 4 months old, and was working as a Foreman at the Great Western Railway at the time. He was appointed acting Corporal on 24th June, then acting serjeant on 4th September. He was finally promoted to Serjeant on 4th September 1915, and then Staff Serjeant on 14th April 1917. He was admitted into the Victoria Hospital, Blackpool on the 10th October 1917 suffering with an acute abdominal pain, and was diagnosed as having appendicitis. An operation was performed but he had difficulties recovering. He was the son of James and Mary Ann Bunstone of School Street, Pontyclun; and the husband of Mary Ann Bunstone of 21 Australia Terrace, Bridgend. They had 8 children.
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