HUNT, Charles Estaway
| Service Number: | 9890 |
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| Enlisted: | 12 March 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Sapper |
| Last Unit: | 9th Field Company Engineers |
| Born: | Tenterfield, New South Wales, Australia, 14 January 1874 |
| Home Town: | Wickham, Newcastle, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Shoemaker |
| Died: | Wickham, New South Wales, Australia, 23 March 1932, aged 58 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Sandgate General Cemetery, Newcastle, NSW Catholic_1, Section 30, Lot 2 |
| Memorials: | Wickham "Citizens of Wickham" Volunteers Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 12 Mar 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, 9890, 9th Field Company Engineers | |
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| 5 Jul 1916: | Involvement Sapper, 9890, 9th Field Company Engineers, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ajana embarkation_ship_number: A31 public_note: '' | |
| 5 Jul 1916: | Embarked Sapper, 9890, 9th Field Company Engineers, HMAT Ajana, Sydney | |
| 19 Jul 1917: | Discharged AIF WW1, Sapper, 9890, 9th Field Company Engineers, MD |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
Served during the Boer War and The Great War, resting at Sandgate Cemetery.
93 years ago today, on the Thursday afternoon of the 24th March 1932, Sapper Charles Estaway Hunt, 9th Australian Field Company Engineers (Reg No-9890), shoemaker from 9 Union Street, Wickham, New South Wales, father of two (Edna C, born 1898, Gunnedah, N.S.W., Zeta P, born 1900, Gunnedah, N.S.W.), was laid to rest at Sandgate Cemetery, age 58. CATHOLIC 1-30. 2.
Born at Tenterfield, New South Wales on the 14th January 1874 to Samuel John, died 11.5.1939, Tamworth, N.S.W., age 82, and Mary Rebecca Hunt nee Streeting, died 4.8.1934, Tamworth, N.S.W., age 73, mother of 9; husband of Clara (Clancy) Jane Hunt nee O'Brien, married 1895, Gunnedah, N.S.W., died 20.3.1950, Merriwa, N.S.W., age 73, sleeping here, Charles enlisted on the 3rd April 1916 at Rosebery Park Camp, Sydney, N.S.W.
Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales on board HMAT A31 Ajana on the 5th July 1916.
Admitted to hospital 6.9.1916 (neuritis).
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article133836223 - report of a medal presentation to 131 Wickham boys at the Lyric Picture Theatre.
Commenced return to Australia 13.2.1917.
Charles arrived home on the 14th April 1917, being discharged medically unfit on the 19th July 1917.
Mr. Hunt’s name has been inscribed on the Wickham Municipal District Roll of Honour Board (1) and The Capt. Clarence Smith Jeffries (V.C.) and Pte. William Matthew Currey (V.C.) Memorial Wall.
I have placed poppies at Charles’s gravesite in remembrance of his service and sacrifice for God, King & Country.
Not officially commemorated.
Also served Boer War, New South Wales Citizens’ Bushmen-352 days.
Many thanks to Great Grandson Matthew Kelly for sending photos of Mr. Hunt.
Contact with descendants would be greatly appreciated.
For more detail, see “Forever Remembered“.
http://www.commemoratingwarheroes.com/cemetery-main-search/.
Lest We Forget.
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