HUNTER, Arthur Jack
| Service Number: | 411069 |
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| Enlisted: | 31 March 1941 |
| Last Rank: | Warrant Officer |
| Last Unit: | No. 38 Squadron (RAAF) |
| Born: | Merewether, New South Wales, Australia, 5 December 1919 |
| Home Town: | Lambton, Newcastle, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Plattsburg Intermediate High School, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Clerk, Invalid & Old Age Pensions Department, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia |
| Died: | Aircraft accident, Dutch New Guinea, Netherlands East Indies, 18 September 1945, aged 25 years |
| Cemetery: |
Port Moresby (Bomana) War Cemetery, Papua New Guinea Plot C8. Row B. 1-25 Collective Grave. |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Dakota Transport A65-61 |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Warrant Officer, 411069 | |
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| 31 Mar 1941: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Warrant Officer, 411069, No. 38 Squadron (RAAF) |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by David Barlow
38SQN RAAF Dakota A65-61 crashed near Merauke, Dutch NG while on a mission to return 18 former POWs to Australia
All on board were killed in the crash: SAWREY, Allan George (Flight Sergeant) 6188 / WILES, Keith Robert (Flight Sergeant) 27141 / BLACKMORE, Francis Leonard Henry (Sergeant) 47042 / DUNDERDALE, William Royce (Leading Aircraftsman) 170241 / WILKINSON, Eric (Warrant Officer) 405949 / HUNTER, Arthur Jack (Warrant Officer) 411069 / CAMPBELL, Allan (Warrant Officer) 412376 / HUGHES, Albert Clifford (Warrant Officer) 414566 / STIBBARD, Noel Royce (Flying Officer) 421110 / Sister Marie Eileen Craig 501399 RAAF Nursing Service of Number 2 Medical Air Evacuation Unit