Samuel Ernest HUNN

Regimental number3779
Place of birthStone Hut, South Australia
SchoolPort Pirie Public School, South Australia
ReligionMethodist
OccupationLoco fireman
Address79 Hughes Street, Mile End, South Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation24
Next of kinMother, Mrs M L Hunn, 79 Hughes Street, Mile End, South Australia
Enlistment date14 August 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name10th Battalion, 12th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/27/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board RMS Malwa on 2 December 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll10th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 11 June 1916
Place of death or woundingFrance
Age at death24.5
Age at death from cemetery records25
Place of burialRue-Du-Bois Military Cemtery (Plot I, Row B, Grave No. 12), Fleurbaix, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
59
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Albert and Mary Louisa HUNN, 82 Farrant Street, Prospect, south Australia
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal