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Arthur HUNT

Regimental number3046
Place of birthLondon, England
SchoolBoard School, England
Age on arrival in Australia28
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationJeweller
Address322 Sydney Road, Coburg, Victoria
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation32
Next of kinMrs E L Hunt, 322 Sydney Road, Coburg, Victoria
Previous military serviceServed as Corporal in the Boer War.
Enlistment date15 June 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name7th Battalion, 10th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/24/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT RMS Osterley on 29 September 1915
Rank from Nominal RollSergeant
Unit from Nominal Roll59th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 13 August 1916
Place of death or woundingSomme, France
Age at death35
Age at death from cemetery records35
Place of burialLeicester (Welford Road) Cemetery (Row OI, Grave No. 207), Leicestershire
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
167
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Thomas and Emma HUNT; husband of Edith HUNT, Leicester Cottage, Edenlea Street, Epping, New South Wales

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