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HUNTER, Hugh Hamilton
Personal Details
Service Numbers: | 739, 5429, S213493 |
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Enlisted: | 20 June 1940, Port Agusta, SA |
Last Rank: | Sergeant |
Last Unit: | 10th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Meningie, South Australia, 14 May 1886 |
Home Town: | Port Augusta, Port Augusta, South Australia |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Clerk |
Died: | Illness, Peterborough, South Australia, 2 August 1942, aged 56 years |
Cemetery: |
Peterborough Cemetery, SA Protestant Plot - Grave 777, Peterborough Cemetery, Peterborough, South Australia, Australia |
Memorials: | Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 1 Service
20 Oct 1914: | Involvement Private, 739, 10th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: '' | |
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20 Oct 1914: | Embarked Private, 739, 10th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ascanius, Adelaide | |
11 Nov 1918: | Involvement Private, 5429, 10th Infantry Battalion |
World War 2 Service
20 Jun 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Sergeant, S213493 | |
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20 Jun 1940: | Involvement Sergeant, S213493 | |
20 Jun 1940: | Enlisted Port Agusta, SA | |
Date unknown: | Involvement |
Personal Stories
Help us honour Hugh Hamilton Hunter's service by contributing information, stories, and images so that they can be preserved for future generations.
Add my storyBiography contributed by David Barlow
Son of Charles and Mary Williams Hunter (deceased)
Served in WW1 as a Private with the 10th Infantry Battalion
Served in WW2 as a Sergeant with Australian Headquarters Area Recruiting Staff - 4 Military District