Eric Bruce HUNTER

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Service Numbers:	VX144386, V111504
Enlisted:	10 June 1941, Warburton, Victoria
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	29/46 (amalgamated) Infantry Battalion AMF
Born:	Benalla, Victoria, Australia, 29 January 1912
Home Town:	Woori Yallock, Yarra Ranges, Victoria
Schooling:	Merit Certificate
Occupation:	Mill Labourer / Farm Hand
Died:	Killed in Action, New Guinea, 7 December 1943, aged 31 years
Cemetery:	Lae War Cemetery CWGC Grave Reference Location ~ Plot 1B. Row C. Grave 5. Personal Inscription ~ "A LOVING HUSBAND WHO GAVE HIS LIFE IN DUTY NOBLY DONE"
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Broken Creek State School WW2 Honor Roll

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement VX144386
10 Jun 1941:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, V111504, 2nd Training Battalion, Warburton, Victoria
24 Aug 1943:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, VX144386
24 Aug 1943:	Transferred Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, 29/46 (amalgamated) Infantry Battalion AMF, Transferred to AIF and allocated number VX144386.

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