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Robert HUNTER

Regimental number1079
Place of birthCoalport, Glasgow, Scotland
Age on arrival in Australia18
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationCab proprietor
AddressPaxton Street, Golden Square, Bendigo, Victoria
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation42
Next of kinWife, Mrs Jane Hunter, Paxton Street, Golden Square, Bendigo, Victoria
Enlistment date21 August 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll21 July 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name30th Battalion, A Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/47/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A72 Beltana on 9 November 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll30th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 27 July 1916
Age at death44
Age at death from cemetery records44
Place of burialCalais South Cemetery (Plot E, Row 3, Grave No. 8), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
117
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Commemorated in St Kilda Cemetery, Victoria. Parents: Robert and Flora HUNTER; husband of Jane HUNTER, 88 Panton Street, Golden Square, Bendigo, Victoria
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

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

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