HUNT, William Laurence
| Service Number: | 4805 |
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| Enlisted: | 9 October 1915, Gilgandra, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 13th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Coonabarabran, NSW, 1895 |
| Home Town: | Coonamble, Coonamble, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | 26 April 1977, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Gilgandra Coo-ee March Gallery |
World War 1 Service
| 9 Oct 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4805, 13th Infantry Battalion, Gilgandra, NSW | |
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| 8 Mar 1916: | Involvement Private, 4805, 13th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Star of England embarkation_ship_number: A15 public_note: '' | |
| 8 Mar 1916: | Embarked Private, 4805, 13th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Star of England, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Daryl Jones
Son of Charles Henry HUNT
William enlisted in Gilgandra and marched to Sydney with the Coo-ees to train at Liverpool. He embarked to Egypt aboard HMAT A15 Star of England on March 8, 1916 with the 13th Battalion. He transferred to the 45th Battalion and arrived in France at the Western Front in June 1916, facing Pozieres and Mouquet Farm as part of the Battle of the Somme in August 1916. William was admitted to hospital in November 1916 with “trench foot” (frost bite). He remained in England, convalescing at the command depots at Perham Downs and Weymouth. In November 1917 he attended the Winchester Engineering Works for a course.
William returned to Australia aboard the Runic on September 22, 1918 and was discharged in Sydney on January 31, 1919
William and his brother Jack Hunt 4806 enlisted in Gilgandra, and their father, Charles Henry Hunt 4804 caught up with the Coo-ees at Raglan, near Bathurst, and enlisted there. They were together through training and the Western Front and all returned to Australia.
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