HUNT, Archibald John
(Service number 6/481)
| First Rank | Private | Last Rank |
|---|
Birth
| Date | 4th August 1894 | Place of Birth | Samoa |
|---|
Enlistment Information
| Date | Age | 20 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Address at Enlistment | Care of John Jackson and Co., Timaru, New Zealand | ||
| Occupation | Clerk | ||
| Previous Military Experience | |||
| Marital Status | Single | ||
| Next of Kin | Reverend A.E. Hunt (father), 17 Ellice Avenue, Wellington, New Zealan | ||
Military Service
| Served with | NZ Armed Forces | Served in | Army |
|---|
Embarkation Information
| Body on Embarkation | Main Body | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Unit, Squadron, or Ship | Canterbury Infantry Battalion | ||
| Date | 16 October 1914 | ||
| Transport | HMNZT 4 Tahiti or HMNZT 1 Athenic | ||
| Embarked From | Lyttelton, Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand | Destination | Suez, Egyp |
| Other Units Served With | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Last Unit Served With | |||
Military Awards
| Campaigns | Egyptian (1914-1916); Egyptian Expeditionary Force (1916); Balkan, Gallipoli(1915); Western European (1916) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Service Medals | 1914-1915 Star; British War Medal; Victory Medal | ||
Award Circumstances and Date
No information
Prisoner of War Information
| Date of Capture | |
|---|---|
| Where Captured and by Whom | |
| Actions Prior to Capture | |
| PoW Serial Number | |
| PoW Camps | |
| Days Interned | |
| Liberation Date |
Death
| Date | 21 October 1975 | Age | 81 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Place of Death | Wellington | ||
| Cause | |||
| Memorial or Cemetery | |||
| New Zealand Memorials | |||
Biographical Notes
Sources
Auckland War Memorial Cenotaph database (9 July 2015); Military personnel file (9 July 2015)
External Links
Related Documents
No documents available.
Researched and Written by
Saray Sedeno
Currently Assigned to
Not assigned.
Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License unless otherwise stated.
Tell us more
Do you have information that could be added to this story? Or related images that you are happy to share? Submit them here!