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James Blakeley HUNTER

Regimental number1317
Place of birthRunnymade East, Victoria
SchoolTaradale State School, Victoria
Other trainingTechnical College
ReligionMethodist
OccupationBrass finisher
AddressElsternwick, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation19
Next of kinFather, James Hunter, 17 Alexandra Avenue, Elsternwick, Victoria
Previous military serviceServed for two years in Citizen Military Forces.
Enlistment date29 January 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name39th Battalion, Army Medical Corps
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/56/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A11 Ascanius on 27 May 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll10th Field Ambulance
FateAccidentally drowned 19 July 1918
Place of death or woundingCorbie, France
Age at death22.3
Age at death from cemetery records22
Place of burialSt. Pierre Cemetery (Plot XIV, Row A, Grave No. 4), Amiens, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
183
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: James adn Margaret HUNTER, 17 Alexandria Avenue, Elsternwick, Victoria

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