HUNT, John Edward
(Service number 9/1441)
| First Rank | Corporal | Last Rank |
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Birth
| Date | 19/06/1890 | Place of Birth | Timaru |
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Enlistment Information
| Date | Age | ||
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| Address at Enlistment | Care of Wright, Stephenson and Co, Dunedin | ||
| Occupation | Clerk | ||
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| Marital Status | Single | ||
| Next of Kin | J. E. HUNT (father), 14 Adam Street, Dunedin | ||
Military Service
| Served with | NZ Armed Forces | Served in | Army |
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Embarkation Information
| Body on Embarkation | 7th Reinforcements | ||
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| Unit, Squadron, or Ship | Otago Mounted ifles | ||
| Date | 9 October 1915 | ||
| Transport | Aparima or Navua or Warrimoo | ||
| Embarked From | Destination | Suez, Egypt | |
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Award Circumstances and Date
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Death
| Date | 2 September 1952 | Age | 62 years |
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| Place of Death | St Marylebone, London, England | ||
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Biographical Notes
John Edward Hunt was the younger son of John Edward and Sarah Jane (née Mayer) Hunt. Jack, as he was known, was educated at Timaru Main School. His brother Henry Robert Hunt also served with the New Zealand Forces. Jack was discharged on 29 August 1916 in England, when he was granted a commission in the Royal Flying Corps. His sister, Mrs T. E. Bowes, of Fairlie, received a cable with this advice. As of July 1917 he was back in France. See letter in North Otago Times, 30 October 1916. Jack married Annie Augusta Barbara Waters in 1920 in New Zealand. Jack and Annie were in Wellington in the 1930s but were back at Purley, Surrey by the 1939 Regidter, Annie's mother with them.Annie died in England in 1976.
Sources
Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [10 January 2020]; NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [10 January 2020]; School Admission records (South Canterbury Branch NZSG) [10 January 2020]; Timaru Herald, 15 September 1916 (Papers Past) [09 January 2020]
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