Gunner R. W. Bunton, MM; Ashburton; born Tasmania, 9 Aug 1916; tractor driver; wounded 23 Nov 1942. (Source: McClymont, W.G. To Greece. p.282.)

'The guns of 7 Medium Regiment were out by 5 p.m. E Troop 6 Field Regiment had also reached the highway, but it had taken three tractors and a team of men to move each gun across the rain-soaked slopes. The others were being brought out with less difficulty when the mist lifted and left the two guns of A Troop out of the pits and in full view of the enemy. The shellfire which soon came over was heavy but two drivers, Gunners Bunton and Tombleson, resolutely went in with their quads and retrieved them. That done, all guns, including those of 31 Battery 7 Anti- Tank Regiment, were on the main highway and soon rattling south towards Larisa and Thermopylae. Gunner R. W. Bunton, MM; Staveley; born Tasmania, 9 Aug 1916; tractor driver; wounded 23 Nov 1942.; 2nd Divisional Artillery - Then the sky cleared with dramatic suddenness, fully exposing the two guns to the enemy observers. Gun fire was concentrated on them and they were in imminent danger of destruction. Two drivers, Gunners Tombleson and Bunton, took their quads over the ridge, with shells splashing around them, and ‘with great skill and coolness manoeuvred their tractors under heavy fire … and succeeded in bringing both guns and detachments out safely’.' (Source: McClymont, W.G. To Greece. p. 282.; Murphy, W.E. 2nd NZ Divisional Artillery. p. 48.) AWMM