HUNT, Jack Henry
| Service Number: | 4806 |
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| Enlisted: | 8 October 1915, Gilgandra, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 13th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Coonabarabran, NSW, 1897 |
| Home Town: | Coonamble, Coonamble, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Memorials: | Gilgandra Coo-ee March Gallery |
World War 1 Service
| 8 Oct 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4806, 13th Infantry Battalion, Gilgandra, NSW | |
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| 8 Mar 1916: | Involvement Private, 4806, 13th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Star of England embarkation_ship_number: A15 public_note: '' | |
| 8 Mar 1916: | Embarked Private, 4806, 13th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Star of England, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Charles Henry HUNT
Jack enlisted in Gilgandra and marched with the Coo-ees to Sydney to train at Liverpool. He embarked to Egypt aboard HMAT A15 Star of England on March 8, 1916 with the 13th Battalion. He transferred to the 45th Battalion and arrived in France at the Western Front in June 1916, facing Pozieres and Mouquet Farm as part of the Battle of the Somme in August 1916. Jack was admitted to hospital in March 1917 with “trench foot” (frost bite) and his toe was eventually amputated.
Jack returned to Australia on October 19, 1917 by the hospital ship Lyttleton for three months change but never returned to the Western Front.
He was discharged medically unfit on January 28, 1918.
Jack and his brother William Lawrence Hunt (4805) enlisted together in Gilgandra. Their father, Charles Henry Hunt (4804) caught up with the Coo-ees at Raglan, near Bathurst, and enlisted there. They were together through training and the Western Front and all returned to Australia.
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