HUNT, Harold Pearce
| Service Number: | 1362 |
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| Enlisted: | 28 November 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 10th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Wirrabara, South Australia, Australia, February 1896 |
| Home Town: | Wirrabara, Mount Remarkable, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Blacksmith |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 23 August 1916 |
| Cemetery: |
Serre Road Cemetery No.2 Beaumont Hamel, France |
| Memorials: | Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Wirrabara District WW1 Roll of Honour, Wirrabara War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 2 Feb 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1362, 10th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Clan McGillivray embarkation_ship_number: A46 public_note: '' | |
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| 2 Feb 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1362, 10th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Clan McGillivray, Melbourne | |
| 28 Nov 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1362, 10th Infantry Battalion | |
| 23 Aug 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1362, 10th Infantry Battalion, Mouquet Farm, Killed by a sniper immediately after going over the top. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Saint Ignatius' College
Before War;
Harold Pearce Hunt was born in Wirrabara, South Australia. He grew up in South Australia with his parents Henry and Annie Hunt. When living in Wirrabara Hunt attended a public school. Hunt, after finishing school, had a job as a blacksmith, though this job did not last long as he joined when he was still 18 years old.
During War;
Hunt enlisted in the army on the 28th of November 1914 as a Private. He then embarked 3 months later, on the 2nd of February 1915. Hunt was in the 10th Battalion and was shipped out to the ANZAC landing on the 25th of April 1915. Hunt’s battalion took part in a lot of fights, such as the Battle of Pozieres and the landing of ANZAC Cove, though Hunt did not take part in the last few fights.
After War;
In 1916 on the 23rd of August he was killed in action at the Battle of Pozieres. He died in what is now known as Mouquet Farm, Pozieres, France. He was killed when he was at the age of 20, after being in the force for 2 years. Hunt had sadly died instantly and could not go to the hospital. Red Cross reports he was killed by a sniper immediately after the unit went over the top in an afternoon attack. Hunt was buried at Serre Road Cemetery No. 2 (Plot XXXIV, Row M, Grave No. 7), France. Hunt’s next of kin was his father, Henry Hunt.
ANZAC Spirit;
The ANZAC Spirit is people from Australia New Zealand who offered up their lives for the security of the country. My soldier, Harold Pearce Hunt, showed true ANZAC Spirit by putting his life on the line by joining the army. He fought in different battles during the war such as the landing of ANZAC Cove and the Battle of Amiens. When fighting in these battles and even joining the army he was willing to give his life for his country. He was only 18 and decided that he would do it, meaning he had a high chance of dying and giving up the chance to have a full life to go on to. He died while fighting for us I the Battle of Pozieres. Harold Pearce Hunt unquestionably showed some ANZAC Spirit while being a soldier.
Biography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Harrold’s older brother, 3720 Private Reginald Phillip Hunt 12th Battalion AIF was also killed in action a month previous, also at Pozieres, 25 July 1916, aged 23.
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