George Albury HUNT

HUNT, George Albury

    Service Number: 1052
    Enlisted: 26 October 1914, Enlisted at Claremont, Tasmania
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 15th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Wattle Hill, Sorell, Tasmania, Australia, 1879
    Home Town: Sorell, Sorell, Tasmania
    Schooling: Wattle Hill State School, Tasmania
    Occupation: Labourer
    Died: Died of wounds, at sea on board HMT Gloucester Castle, 6 May 1915
    Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
    Captain Wilford officiated Panel 46, Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Hobart Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing
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    World War 1 Service

    26 Oct 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1052, 15th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Claremont, Tasmania
    22 Dec 1914: Involvement Private, 1052, 17th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: ''
    22 Dec 1914: Embarked Private, 1052, 17th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Melbourne
    6 May 1915: Involvement Private, 1052, 15th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1052 awm_unit: 15th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1915-05-06

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    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    Next of kin given as his brother Algernon Ashbury Hunt of 89 MacQuarie Street, Hobart, Tasmania. Also brother of E.C. Hunt, L.L. Hunt and T.S. Johnson nee Hunt

    Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

    Also served in the Tasmanian Infantry Regiment for about 4 years

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