HUNTER, Stephen Morven
| Service Numbers: | 3146, 3140 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 52nd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Launceston, Tasmania, Australia, 1895 |
| Home Town: | Launceston, Launceston, Tasmania |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Died of wounds received in action – Shrapnel wounds & fractured right leg & Double Pneumonia, Graylingwell War Hospital, Chichester, Sussex, England, 5 November 1916 |
| Cemetery: |
Chichester Cemetery, Sussex, England |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 16 Oct 1915: | Involvement Private, 3146, 12th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Lincoln embarkation_ship_number: A17 public_note: '' | |
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| 16 Oct 1915: | Embarked Private, 3146, 12th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Port Lincoln, Melbourne | |
| 5 Nov 1916: | Involvement Private, 3140, 52nd Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 3140 awm_unit: 52nd Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1916-11-05 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Cathy Sedgwick
The summary below was completed by Cathy Sedgwick (OAM) – Facebook “WW1 Australian War Graves in England/UK/Scotland/Ireland”
Stephen Morven Hunter was born at Launceston, Tasmania around 1895.
He enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force (A.I.F.) on 28th July, 1915 as a 20 year old, single, Labourer from Invermay, Launceston, Tasmania.
Private Stephen Morven Hunter, Service number 3146, embarked from Melbourne, Victoria on HMAT Port Lincoln (A17) on 16th October, 1915 with the 12th Infantry Battalion, 10th Reinforcements.
On 3rd March, 1916 Private Hunter was allotted to & proceeded to join 52nd Battalion from 3rd Training Battalion at Zeitoun. He joined 52nd Battalion at Tel-el-Kebir on the same day.
He proceeded to join B.E.F. (British Expeditionary Force) from Alexandria on 5th June, 1916 on Ivernia & disembarked at Marseilles, France on 12th June, 1916.
Private Stephen Morven Hunter was wounded in action in France on 3rd September, 1916. He was admitted to 13th Field Ambulance on 3rd September, 1916 with shrapnel wounds to legs then transferred to Casualty Clearing Station. Private Hunter was transferred & admitted to 3rd Canadian General Hospital at Boulogne, France on 5th September, 1916 with shrapnel wounds & fractured right leg. He embarked for England from Boulogne on 6th September, 1916 on Hospital Ship Newhaven with shrapnel wounds to right leg.
On 7th September, 1916 Private Hunter was admitted to Graylingwell War Hospital, Chichester, England & was reported as seriously ill.
Private Stephen Morven Hunter died on 5th November, 1916 at Graylingwell War Hospital, Chichester, Sussex, England from wounds received in action – Shrapnel wounds & fractured right leg & Double Pneumonia.
He was buried in Chichester Cemetery, Chichester, West Sussex, England where 10 other WW1 Australian Soldiers are laid to rest.
(The above is a summary of my research. The full research can be found by following the link below)
https://ww1austburialsuk.weebly.com/chichester.html
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