Thursday 2 August 2007

Private Charles Harvey Bunn

Born on 6 June 1895 or 1896 in Qu'Appelle, Saskatchewan - son of John Robinson Bunn, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan - enlistment records provide the following: trade as student, single, no current or previous military service, Presbyterian, height of 5 feet 10 inches, chest of 35 inches fully expanded, dark complexion, grey eyes, dark hair.

Joined the 38th Canadian Infantry Battalion in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, on 5 April 1915 (number 411102) - transferred to Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry on 17 July 1915 - wounded on 2 June 1916 - served with Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry for nineteen months - joined the 249th Canadian Infantry Battalion as a Lieutenant in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, on 28 November 1916.

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