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Harold HUNT

Regimental number4521
Place of birthEngland
SchoolBedford Modern School, England
Age on arrival in Australia19
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationCarter
AddressLindsay Street, Hamilton, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation21
Next of kinMother, Mrs M Hunt, Lindsay Street, Hamilton, New South Wales
Previous military serviceServed in the British Navy for two and a half years.
Enlistment date2 August 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll28 July 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name13th Battalion, 14th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/30/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A70 Ballarat on 16 December 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll54th Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularHe was wounded at Pozieres.
FateKilled in Action 17 October 1917
Age at death24
Age at death from cemetery records23
Place of burialTyne Cot Cemetery (Plot XXXIII, Row G, Grave No. 2), Passchendaele, Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
159
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Edwin and Mary HUNT, 46 James Street, Hamilton, New South Wales. Native of Haddenham, Cambs, England
Family/military connectionsBrother: 1139 Pte Raymond HUNT, 55th Bn, returned to Australia, 23 June 1919.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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