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Maurice HUNTER

Regimental number*8248
Place of birthGreymouth, New Zealand
SchoolBarkland's School, Hobart, Tasmania
ReligionProtestant
OccupationTimekeeper
AddressFlowerdale, Tasmania
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation24
Next of kinFather, Joseph Black Hunter, Tantallan, Sandy Bay, Hobart, Tasmania
Enlistment date4 October 1915
Rank on enlistmentDriver
Unit nameField Artillery Brigade 6, Battery 17
AWM Embarkation Roll number13/34/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Vic, on board A59 Botanist on 24 November 1915
Rank from Nominal RollDriver
Unit from Nominal Roll14th Field Artillery Brigade
FateKilled in Action 27 July 1917
Place of death or woundingYpres, Belgium
Age at death35
Place of burialYpres Reservoir Cemetery (Plot I, Row B, Grave No. 2), Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
18
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Joseph and Eliza HUNTER. Native of Greymouth, New Zealand

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