HUNT, Stanley Burfield
| Service Number: | 412078 |
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| Enlisted: | 21 June 1941 |
| Last Rank: | Flying Officer |
| Last Unit: | No. 75 Squadron (RAAF) |
| Born: | Gladesville, New South Wales, Australia, 2 April 1918 |
| Home Town: | Nevertire, Warren Shire, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Flying Battle, New Guinea, 27 January 1944, aged 25 years |
| Cemetery: |
Lae War Cemetery M A 11 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Flying Officer, 412078 | |
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| 21 Jun 1941: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force | |
| 21 Jun 1941: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 412078, No. 75 Squadron (RAAF) | |
| 27 Jan 1944: | Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 412078, No. 75 Squadron (RAAF), Air War SW Pacific 1941-45 |
S B Hunt
Stan Hunt was my uncle. He was educated at Newington College, Stanmore, Sydney. He married Delmar Leggo from Spears Point, NSW during the war years. They did not have any children. Stan would have gone back to being a grazier at Nevertire in central NSW. He was killed in New Guinea in January 1944. I was born after the war so I did not know him.
My grandfather was very upset when Stan was killed and I can remember my father saying Grandpa was never the same. Grandpa lost 2 brothers in the First World War and amazingly enough one was killed in an accidental plane crash in the then newly formed Royal Air Force in England. Stan was killed in an accidental plane crash in New Guinea.
Submitted 20 February 2024 by Andrew Hunt
Biography contributed by David Barlow
75SQN RAAF Kittyhawk aircraft A29-103 flown by Pilot Officer Stirling 405427 and A29-530 flown by Flying Officer Hunt 412078 collided during strafing operations against enemy positions and crashed near Jomba (Yomba) Island which is about two miles south-east of Madang, New Guinea
Pilot Officer Stirling is commemorated on the Lae Memorial as his body was not recovered. Flying Officer Hunt is buried in Lae War Cemetery