Francis Edmund HUNT

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HUNT, Francis Edmund

Service Number:	3785
Enlisted:	21 July 1915
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	49th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Hythe, Kent, England, 15 October 1871
Home Town:	Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Farm labourer
Died:	Killed in action, Mouquet Farm, France, 1 September 1916, aged 44 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial

World War 1 Service

21 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3785, 9th Infantry Battalion
30 Dec 1915:	Involvement Private, 3785, 9th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Itonus embarkation_ship_number: A50 public_note: ''
30 Dec 1915:	Embarked Private, 3785, 9th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Itonus, Brisbane
1 Sep 1916:	Involvement Private, 3785, 49th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 3785 awm_unit: 49th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1916-09-01

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Biography contributed by Stephen Brooks

Francis Edmund "Frank" Hunt was born in Kent, England in 1871. At the age of eight, his family emigrated to the United States of America. He was raised in Texas. At the age of 27, around 1898, Francis travelled to Queensland to work. He worked in the sugar industry at Harwood Island in NSW, presumably in the Harwood Sugar Mill which sits on the banks of the Clarence River and has been crushing cane since 1874, making it the oldest continuously operating sugar mill in Australia.

He gave his place of association as Brisbane, Queensland and his next of kin as two sisters who were living in Texas, U.S.A. His parents died not long before he moved to Australia.

Frank was reported missing during the heavy fighting at Mouquet Farm in early September 1916. His remains were never found.

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