The Soldier's Details

Surname:
Bunce
First Name:
Edward William Henry
Nick Name:
Ted
Rank:
Private
Regimental #:
WX9278
Classification:
Driver
Company:
'D' Company
Enlisted:
30.10.1940
Discharged:
21.01.1946
DOB:
15.02.1913
Place of Birth:
Aldershot, England
Father's Name:
Edward Bunce
Mothers's Name:
Alice Bunce
Religion:
Methodist
Pre-war Occupation:
Farmer
Singapore:
Selarang Camp and Barracks Changi
Force:
'D' Force Thailand, S Battalion
Camps Thailand:
Tarsau, Kanu II, Tamuang
Camps Japan:
Yamane, Niihama
POW#:
8758
Japan:
Rashin Maru Party
Return Details 1945:
Wakayama-Okinawa, USS Sanctuary, Okinawa-Manila, USS Bingham, Manila-Darwin, B24 Liberator aircraft A72-121, Darwin-Perth by aircraft 20.10.1945

General Description

Ted Bunce with his wife Doreen and son Terry
Ted Bunce with his wife Doreen and son Terry

 

Ted Bunce arrived WA 1929 as a 15 year old (clerk) on ‘Beltana’ from London with his father Edward (45) painter, his stepmother Jeannie (26) George (5) Rginald (3) and Jean (1).

Edward (Snr) died in Perth 1963 aged 81 years and Jeannie Bunce died in 1975 aged 75 years.

In 1936, 1937 Ted was working as labourer at Wickepin. He married Doreen Annie Young about 1938. After the war Doreen and Ted resided at Basinghall St, East Victoria Park for most of their lives.  Ted worked for WAGR. (Just a few streets away lived Harry Bunker, his wife and Harrys parents.)

Ted died 27 January 1989 at East Victoria Park aged 75 years and Doreen died 2006.   They were both cremated at Karrakatta.

Camp Locations:

  • Selarang Barracks Changi - Singapore
  • Selarang Camp Changi - Singapore
  • Tamuang, Tha Muang 39k - Thailand
  • Tarsau, Tha Sao 125k - Thailand
  • Nihama, Hiroshima #2-B- Japan
  • Yamane, Hiroshima #3-D - Japan
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