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HUNTER, William Robert
Personal Details
Service Number: | 1645 |
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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, Westbury War Memorial |
Service History
World War 1 Service
3 May 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1645, 40th Infantry Battalion | |
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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 |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
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.