William Robert HUNTER

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Service Number:	1645
Enlisted:	3 May 1916
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	26th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Carrick, Tasmania, Australia, 20 April 1890
Home Town:	Carrick, Meander Valley, Tasmania
Schooling:	Carrick State School, Tasmania, Australia
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Killed in action, Bullecourt, France, 6 May 1917, aged 27 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Carrick Memorial Wall Honour Roll, Hagley War Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France), Westbury War Memorial

3 May 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1645, 40th Infantry Battalion
1 Jul 1916:	Involvement Private, 1645, 40th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Hobart embarkation_ship: HMAT Berrima embarkation_ship_number: A35 public_note: ''
1 Jul 1916:	Embarked Private, 1645, 40th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Berrima, Hobart
6 May 1917:	Involvement Private, 1645, 26th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1645 awm_unit: 26th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-05-06

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William Robert Hunter was the older brother of 6216 Spr. James Harold Hunter 13th Field Company Engineers who died of wounds 18 April 1918, aged 23.

They were the sons of Edward and Ellen Hunter of Carrick, Tasmania.