Major Carlos René Pullinger, M.C., The Green Howards, died in November, 1943, of wounds received during the landing in Sicily. He was 26 years old.
He entered the Royal School of Mines in 1935, and completed the course in mining geology in 1939, graduating with the A.R.S.M. and B.Sc. (Geology). He joined the Forces early in the war and was awarded the Military Cross.
Major Pullinger was elected a Student of the Institution in 1937.
Vol. 55, Trans I.M.M., 1945-6, p.577
