George Vivian Richardson

born Family home Vine Bank ,which is now St Kentingan's Prep School Meadowbank AUCKLAND

His mother named him George Vivian Richardson at Birth. His father Frederick Charles said, " That was a bit of a Bung name" . SO THE nick NAME STUCK AND MOST PEOPLE CALLED HIM "Bung" there after

Was part of a Skeleton RNZN a crew that took a ship loaded with concrete to sink a harbour entrance in Belgium WW1 : he spent most of the war as prisoner of war in Belgium

WWI Able Seaman Service: Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve Service Number: London 4/3409 Nationality: British Campaign Medals: 1914 Star Victory Medal British War Medal Clasps Awarded: 1914 Star Clasp Information: Duplicate Victory & British War Medals issued to Self 24/11/1930. Duplicate 1914 Star to Self 1/9/1933 (Duplicate No.7405). Further Information: COLLINGWOOD 023

DEATH Fulham London 29 Aug 1965