Martyn Arnold Buntine (27 December 1898 – 26 February 1975) was an Australian headmaster and

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er who played for the

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in the

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(VFL). After retiring from football he attended

Trinity College Trinity College may refer to: Australia * Trinity Anglican College, an Anglican coeducational primary and secondary school in , New South Wales * Trinity Catholic College, Auburn, a coeducational school in the inner-western suburbs of Sydney, New ...

while at

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, before obtaining a

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in Education from the

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. Returning to Melbourne he started teaching at

Scotch College, Melbourne Scotch College is a private, Presbyterian day and boarding school for boys, located in Hawthorn, an inner-eastern suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. The college was established in 1851 as The Melbourne Academy in a house in Spri ...

before becoming the headmaster of

Camberwell Grammar School Camberwell Grammar School is an independent, single sex, Anglican primary and secondary day school for boys, located in Canterbury, an eastern suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Camberwell Church of England Grammar School was founde ...

. In 1931 he moved to Western Australia to be the headmaster of

Hale School Hale School is an independent, Anglican day and boarding school for boys, located in Wembley Downs, a western suburb of Perth, Western Australia. Named after the school founded by Bishop Mathew Blagden Hale in 1858, Hale School claims to ...

. During World War II he served in the 2/28th Battalion as a

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, serving in Tobruk and Syria. Promoted to

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and then lieutenant-colonel he was put in charge of the 2/11th Battalion. In 1944 he returned to Hale School, before being appointed headmaster of Geelong College in 1945. Buntine was the son of educationalist Walter Murray Buntine (18661953) of

Caulfield Grammar School Caulfield Grammar School is a private, co-educational, Anglican, International Baccalaureate, day and boarding school, located in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Founded in 1881 as a boys' school, Caulfield Grammar began admitting girls exactly ...

, for whom the

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is named. He was married to Gladys (Jim) Buntine, who was the Australian Chief Commissioner of

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from 1962 until 1968. Their son was educationalist Robert Buntine of The King's School and

Newington College Newington College is a multi-campus Independent school, independent Uniting Church in Australia, Uniting Church Single-sex education, single-sex and Mixed-sex education, co-educational Pre-school education, early learning, Primary school, primar ...

.BUNTINE, Robert Walter (1929–2014)
– Heritage Guide to

The Geelong College The Geelong College is an Australian Independent school, independent and co-educational, Christianity, Christian Day school, day and boarding school located in Newtown, Victoria, Newtown, an inner-western suburb of Geelong, Victoria (Australia), ...

Retrieved 30 May 2016.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Buntine, Arnold 1898 births 1975 deaths Australian rules footballers from Melbourne St Kilda Football Club players Caulfield Football Club players Australian headmasters Australian military personnel of World War I Australian Army personnel of World War II Australian Army officers People educated at Trinity College (University of Melbourne) University of Melbourne alumni Alumni of the University of Edinburgh Geelong College People from Caulfield, Victoria Military personnel from Melbourne