HUNT, Harry
(Service number 6/480)
| First Rank | Private | Last Rank |
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Birth
| Date | 2nd January 1890 | Place of Birth | Manchester |
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Enlistment Information
| Date | Age | 24 | |
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| Address at Enlistment | Chapel Street, Timaru, New Zealand | ||
| Occupation | Labourer | ||
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| Marital Status | Single | ||
| Next of Kin | James Hunt, 33 Bridgewater Street, Howarth, near Bolton, England | ||
Military Service
| Served with | NZ Armed Forces | Served in | Army |
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Embarkation Information
| Body on Embarkation | Main Body | ||
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| Unit, Squadron, or Ship | Canterbury Infantry Battalion | ||
| Date | 16 October 1914 | ||
| Transport | HMNZT 4 Tahiti or HMNZT 11 Athenic | ||
| Embarked From | Lyttelton, Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand | Destination | Suez, Egypt |
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Military Awards
| Campaigns | Egyptian (1914-1916); Egyptian Expeditionary Force (1916); Balkan (Gallipoli, 1915); Western European (1916) | ||
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| Service Medals | 1914-1915 Star; British War Medal; Victory Medal | ||
Award Circumstances and Date
No information
Prisoner of War Information
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Death
| Date | 1 October 1916 | Age | 26 |
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| Place of Death | Somme, Northern France, France | ||
| Cause | Killed in action | ||
| Memorial or Cemetery | Warlencourt British Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France | ||
| New Zealand Memorials | |||
Biographical Notes
Harry Hunt was the son of James Henry Hunt, of 62 Tancred St., Ashburton, New Zealand. Native of Lancashire, England.
Sources
Auckland War Memorial Cenotaph database (7 July 2015) ; Military personnel file (7 July 2015)
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