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Alexander Hughes HUNTRISS

Regimental number2936
Place of birthNewcastle, New South Wales
SchoolDistrict High School, Inverell, New South Wales
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationTeacher
AddressChinchen Street, Islington, Newcastle, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation24
Next of kinFather, Frederick Huntriss, Chinchen Street, Islington, Newcastle, New South Wales
Enlistment date30 August 1915
Rank on enlistmentActing Sergeant
Unit name30th Battalion, 6th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/47/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A71 Nestor on 9 April 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll30th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 18 November 1917
Place of death or woundingFrance
Age at death26
Age at death from cemetery records26
Place of burialBethlehem Farm West Cemetery (Row F, Grave No. 7), Messines, Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
117
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Frederick (d. May 1924, aged 63; bu. Sandgate Cemetery, Newcastle) and Janet HUNTRISS, 44 Chinchen Street, Islington, Newcastle, New South Wales
Family/military connectionsBrother: 2930 Pte Frederick HUNTRISS, 2nd Bn, returned to Australia, 22 July 1917; two cousins killed in action.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsSurname entered incorrectly on Embarkation Roll as HUNTRESS.

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