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Life Summary

Name	Gavin MacRae Bunning
Born	20 July, 1910 Claremont, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Died	11 March, 1991 (aged 80) Peppermint Grove, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Cause of Death	unknown
Cultural Heritage	English Scottish Includes subject's nationality; their parents' nationality; the countries in which they spent a significant part of their childhood, and their self-identity.
Related Entries	[View as tree] Bunning, Robert (father) Bunning, Charles Robert (brother)
Education *	Scotch College (Perth) (student, 1919-1927) Scotch College (Perth) (board member, 1961-1964)
Occupation or Descriptor *	company director (1928-1984) Western Australia, Australia company manager (1928-1984) Western Australia, Australia sawmiller (1928-1984) Western Australia, Australia timber merchant (1928-1984) Western Australia, Australia army officer (1939-1945) Federal, Australia prisoner of war (Australian) (1942-1945) Federal, Australia hardware merchant (1946-1984) Western Australia, Australia company managing director (1956-1973) Western Australia, Australia
Military Service *	World War II (army officer) Fall of Singapore, 1942 (army officer) Changi POW camp (prisoner of war, 1942-1945)
Awards	Officer of the Order of Australia (recipient, 1980)
Key Organisations *	Cottesloe Golf Club (Perth) (member) Bunnings Ltd (manager, 1928-1941) Bunnings Ltd (company director, 1936-1979) Cottesloe Golf Club (Perth) (captain, 1938-1939) Bunnings Ltd (manager, 1946-1956) Cottesloe Golf Club (Perth) (captain, 1947-1948) Bunnings Ltd (managing director, 1956-1973) Chamber of Manufactures (WA) (president, 1968-1970) Bunnings Ltd (chair of board, 1979-1984) Bunnings Ltd (company director, 1984-1990)

* Dates are approximate