Robert Edward HUNT

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Service Number:	1785
Enlisted:	31 May 1915, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	18th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Surry Hills, New South Wales, Australia, 8 November 1886
Home Town:	Mosman, Municipality of Mosman, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Grazier
Died:	Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Turkey, 27 August 1915, aged 28 years
Cemetery:	Hill 60 Cemetery and Hill 60 (NZ) Memorial Plot 11, Row c, Grave 2,
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Richmond University of Western Sydney WW1 Memorial, Sydney Grammar School WW1 Honour Board

31 May 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1785, 18th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
19 Jun 1915:	Involvement Private, 1785, 18th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Kanowna embarkation_ship_number: A61 public_note: ''
19 Jun 1915:	Embarked Private, 1785, 18th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Kanowna, Sydney

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Husband of Jessie Hunt of 'Clifton', Kirribilli Point, North Sydney, NSW

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal