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Jamce Graham HUNTER

Regimental number360
Place of birthGlasgow, Scotland
SchoolOvernewton Public School, Glasgow, Scotland
Age on arrival in Australia24
ReligionMethodist
OccupationClergyman
AddressKings College, Queensland University, Brisbane, Queensland
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation26
Next of kinFather, A Hunter, 21 Dunnelly Gardens, Ibrox Govan, Scotland
Previous military serviceServed with Territorial 6th Highland Light Infantry.
Enlistment date2 September 1914
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name9th Battalion, B Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/26/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Brisbane, Queensland, on board Transport A5 S.S. Omrah on 24 September 1914
Rank from Nominal RollCorporal
Unit from Nominal Roll9th Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularLeft Scotland to take appointment in Queensland as Home Missionary under the Australian Methodist Church. When war broke he was a student at Kings College, Brisbane QLD.
FateKilled in Action 28 June 1915
Miscellaneous details (Nominal Roll)*given name is James
Place of death or woundingGallipoli, Turkey
Date of death28 June 1915
Age at death27
Place of burialShell Green Cemetery (Plot I, Row C, Grave No. 17), Gallipoli, Turkey
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
56
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Rev. Archibald and Elizabeth HUNTER, 21 Dunolly Gardens, Ibrox, Glasgow, Scotland
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

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