Robert James HUNTER

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Service Number:	4520
Enlisted:	21 September 1915, Newcastle
Last Rank:	Sergeant
Last Unit:	57th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Bendigo, Victoria, Australia, 16 September 1890
Home Town:	Bendigo, Greater Bendigo, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Analytical Chemist
Died:	Died of wounds, France, 15 November 1917, aged 27 years
Cemetery:	Mont Huon Military Cemetery, le Treport, France VI. A. 4B.
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

21 Sep 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4520, Newcastle
28 Jan 1916:	Involvement Private, 4520, 7th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: ''
28 Jan 1916:	Embarked Private, 4520, 7th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Themistocles, Melbourne
14 Mar 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Corporal, 4520, 57th Infantry Battalion, German Withdrawal to Hindenburg Line and Outpost Villages, Shell wound back and left shoulder
26 Sep 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Sergeant, 4520, 57th Infantry Battalion, Polygon Wood, Shell wounds both legs (severe) and head wound. Both feet amputated and subsequently left leg amputated.
15 Nov 1917:	Involvement Sergeant, 4520, 57th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 4520 awm_unit: 57 Battalion awm_rank: Sergeant awm_died_date: 1917-11-15

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