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William Gordon HUNTER

Regimental number4818
Place of birthGlasgow, Scotland
SchoolCambusbarron School, Stirlingshire, Scotland
Age on arrival in Australia20
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationEngine cleaner
AddressBridgetown, Western Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation22
Next of kinMother, Mrs M Hunter, 65 Bannockburn Road, St Ninians By Sterling, Scotland
Enlistment date13 December 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name11th Battalion, 15th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/28/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia, on board HMAT A38 Ulysses on 1 April 1916
Rank from Nominal RollLance Corporal
Unit from Nominal Roll51st Battalion
FateKilled in Action 15 July 1917
Place of death or woundingArmentieres, France
Age at death25
Age at death from cemetery records24
Place of burialMud Corner British Cemetery (Plot II, Row B, Grave No. 3), Warneton, Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
153
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: John and Mary HUNTER, 65 Bannockburn Road, St. Ninians, Stirling, Scotland
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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