Sergeant Donald Bullock was reported missing presumed killed during operations at Salerno, Italy. He has no known grave. Son of Frederick and Doris Bullock; husband of Bette Eileen Bullock, of Hastings, Sussex [1]. 

Posthumously awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal for leadership, gallantry and devotion to duty during operations 3 days earlier on 10 September 1943 [2].
Recommendation
"Gulf of Salerno 9-10 Sep 43
On 10 Sep. 43 in the Vietri Sul Mare defile. During attacks on his position he was a continual inspiration to his M.G. sub-section. When enemy broke through a troop position on his flank he moved his M.G. to a position further forward from where he could bring better fire to bear on the enemy. While the gun was being moved the enemy appeared about 50 yards away and he himself went forward with a Tommy gun to cover the gun and was badly wounded."
[Recommended by Major T.H. Baker-Cresswell, O.C. No.41RM Commando] [2a].

 

Sgt. Bullock has no known grave. A memorandum from the War Office dated 3rd April 1944 to the RAMC requested that a survivor from the Hospital Ship Newfoundland be questioned as to whether he could confirm or otherwise if Bullock had been a patient on board when it was attacked by enemy aircraft.

HMHS Newfoundland was a hospital ship and part of the Allied fleet for the Salerno Landings in September 1943. There were casualties and the subsequent fire necessitated the ship being abandoned.  2 unknown patients were recorded as being on board. 
The result was negative as the RAMC survivor, WO1 Waller, RAMC, could not help. Other enquiries were also negative. A telegram dated June 1944 held within the File also notes that the unknown patients had been identified thus ruling out Bullock as being one of them.

The original memorandum does contain the following line in relation to the enquiry "...whether he has any recollection of Marine D.C. Bullock, who was admitted to 185 Field Ambulance on the 12th September 1943 suffering from a fractured skull, and evacuated to a hospital ship on the 13th September" [3].