William HUNTER

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Service Number:	739
Enlisted:	3 September 1914, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	3rd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Ganmain, New South Wales, Australia, 1889
Home Town:	Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Butcher
Died:	Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Ottoman Empire, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 6 August 1915
Cemetery:	Lone Pine Cemetery, ANZAC Plot 11, Row D, Grave 18, Lone Pine Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey, Shell Green Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

3 Sep 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Trooper, 739, 3rd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
20 Oct 1914:	Involvement Private, 739, 3rd Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: ''
20 Oct 1914:	Embarked Private, 739, 3rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Sydney
25 Apr 1915:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 739, 3rd Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Wounding to the scalp occurred between the 25-30 April 1915

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Next of kin given as Catherine Hoyt nee Hunter of Pearson Street, Sale, Victoria

Father of ex-nuptial daughter, Phylis Irene Smith, with Elsie Elizabeth Smith of Myrtle Street, Stanmore, NSW

Medals: 1914-15 Star, Victory Medal issued to E. E. Smith in trust for his ex-nuptial daughter. British War Medal issued to his sister Catherine Hoyt