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Robert William HUNTER

Regimental number1103
Place of birthPort Melbourne, Victoria
SchoolScotch College, Victoria
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationElectrical engineer
Address5 Derby Street, Kensington, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation20
Next of kinFather, Daniel Ross Hunter, 24 Wolsley Parade, Kensington, Melbourne, Victoria
Enlistment date16 November 1915
Rank on enlistmentSergeant
Unit name37th Battalion, D Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/54/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A34 Persic on 3 June 1916
Regimental number from Nominal RollCommissioned
Rank from Nominal Roll2nd Lieutenant
Unit from Nominal Roll37th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 23 April 1917
Place of death or woundingArmentieres, France
Age at death21
Age at death from cemetery records21
Place of burialCite Bonjean Military Cemetery (Plot VI, Row A, Grave No. 8), Armentieres, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
128
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Daniel and Christina HUNTER, 263 Ascot Vale Road, Ascot Vale, Victoria
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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