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HUNTER, William
Personal Details
Service Number: | 739 |
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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 |
Service History
World War 1 Service
3 Sep 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Trooper, 739, 3rd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW | |
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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 |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
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