Regimental number | 613 |
Place of birth | Wandary Station, Forbes, New South Wales |
School | Cooerwull Academy, Bowenfels, New South Wales |
Other training | Articled to Solicitor |
Religion | Presbyterian |
Occupation | Solicitor |
Address | Prairie Lands Station, Forbes, New South Wales |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 23 |
Height | 5' 6" |
Weight | 133 lbs |
Next of kin | Father, Wallace Hunter, Prairie Lands Station, Forbes, New South Wales |
Enlistment date | |
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll | |
Place of enlistment | Liverpool, New South Wales |
Rank on enlistment | Sergeant |
Unit name | 12th Light Horse Regiment, C Squadron |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 10/17/1 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A29 Suevic on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | 2nd Lieutenant |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 2nd Battalion |
Other details from Roll of Honour Circular | Served with 12th Light Horse on Gallipoli from August 1915 until the evacuation as Sergeant, then transferred to 2nd Battalion Infantry as Lieutenant. |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Place of death or wounding | Fleurbaix, France |
Age at death | 24 |
Age at death from cemetery records | 24 |
Place of burial | 'Y' Farm Military Cemetery, Bois-Grenier (Row I, Grave No. 36), France |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 33 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Son of Wallace and Mary Wilson Hunter, Prairie Lands, Forbes, New South Wales |
Family/military connections | Brothers: 18878 Bombardier John Anderson HUNTER CdeG (B), 7th Field Artillery Brigade, returned to Australia, 23 May 1919; 18879 Gunner William Kilpatrick HUNTER, 7th Field Artillery Brigade, effective abroad (still overseas); Captain Ronald James HUNTER, Australian Army Medical Corps, effective abroad (still overseas). |
Other details |
War service: Egypt, Gallipoli, Western Front Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal |