HUNTER, James Harold
| Service Number: | 6216 |
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| Enlisted: | 4 October 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Sapper |
| Last Unit: | 13th Field Company Engineers |
| Born: | Carrick, Tasmania, Australia, 31 August 1894 |
| Home Town: | Carrick, Meander Valley, Tasmania |
| Schooling: | Carrick State School, Tasmania, Australia |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Died of wounds, France, 18 April 1918, aged 23 years |
| Cemetery: |
St Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen Block P, Plot IX, Row R, Grave No. IB. |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Carrick Memorial Wall Honour Roll, Hagley War Memorial, Westbury War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 4 Oct 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, 6216, 8th Field Company Engineers | |
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| 20 Jan 1916: | Involvement Sapper, 6216, 8th Field Company Engineers, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Runic embarkation_ship_number: A54 public_note: '' | |
| 20 Jan 1916: | Embarked Sapper, 6216, 8th Field Company Engineers, HMAT Runic, Sydney | |
| 18 Apr 1918: | Involvement Sapper, 6216, 13th Field Company Engineers, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 6216 awm_unit: 13th Field Company, Australian Engineers awm_rank: Sapper awm_died_date: 1918-04-18 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
James Harold Hunter was the son of Edward and Ellen Hunter of Carrick, Tasmania. Wounded on 5 April 1918, multiple shrapnel wounds, he died in an Australian General Hospital in the town of Rouen. His brother 1645 Pte. William Robert Hunter 26th Battalion AIF, was killed in action at Bullecourt in May 1917 in France and is commemorated on the Villers-Bretonneux Memorial.
“Canon Wilmer of Carrick conveyed the sad intelligence to Mrs. Edward Hunter of the death of her son, Sapper James Harold Hunter, through gunshot wounds in chest and arms on April 1st at the lst Australian General Hospital. He was the second son to make the supreme sacrifice.”