HUNT, Edward Henry
| Service Number: | 34 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen |
| Born: | Not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Olifants River, Mpumalanga, South Africa, 26 April 1901, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Primrose Garden of Remembrance, Gauteng, South Africa |
| Memorials: | Anzac Square Boer War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Private, 34 | |
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| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Private, 34, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen | |
| 6 Mar 1901: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 34, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, SS Templemore | |
| 26 Apr 1901: | Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 34, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, KIA |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Claude McKelvey
When Edward Henry Hunt enlisted in 1901 in the 5th QIB and his details were published with the rank and file in The Queenslander, 16 Mar 1901, he noted his N.O.K. as his sister Mrs. A. Seaton, Highgate Hill, Brisbane, or his father Mr. S. H. Hunt, Government contractor, Melbourne. The original Nominal Roll for the 5th Queensland imperial Bushmen Contingent, held by National Archives, contains the same details for N.O.K.
(source- AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 494; National Archives Australia- B 5172 Nominal Roll of 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen Contingent Queensland Defecnce Force for service in South Africa, p. 2; Qld State Archives- Boer War Service Paybooks 5th QIB, Bk 1 p. 63).
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