Victor Frederick HUNT

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HUNT, Victor Frederick

Service Number:	788
Enlisted:	10 September 1914, Enlisted at Blackboy HIll, WA
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	11th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Custon, South Australia, Australia, 19 June 1887
Home Town:	Bordertown, Tatiara, South Australia
Schooling:	Careit Public School, South Australia
Occupation:	Salesman
Died:	Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Ottoman Empire, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 2 May 1915, aged 27 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave Panel 34, Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bordertown Men who Enlisted from Mundalla Roll of Honor, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing, Mundulla Soldiers Memorial Honour Roll

World War 1 Service

10 Sep 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 788, 11th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Blackboy HIll, WA
2 Nov 1914:	Involvement Private, 788, 11th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: ''
2 Nov 1914:	Embarked Private, 788, 11th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ascanius, Fremantle

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

At the time of enlistment he was residential address wass C/- Carter & Barr of Gerladton, WA

Son of John Hunt and Catherine Grosvenor Hunt nee Barratt of Bordertown, SA. Brother of Percival Herbert Grosvenor Hunt, Alice Catherine Hunt, Albert John Hunt MM who returned to Australia on 19 May 1919 having served with the 27th Battalion, Roy Edward Hunt and Lila Ellen Hunt

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

He was an expert on machinery and farming

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