HUNT, John Frederick
(Service number 23/1687)
| First Rank | Rifleman | Last Rank | Private |
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Birth
| Date | 12 October 1888 | Place of Birth | Catlins, Otago |
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Enlistment Information
| Date | Age | ||
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| Address at Enlistment | Winchester | ||
| Occupation | Farmer | ||
| Previous Military Experience | |||
| Marital Status | Single | ||
| Next of Kin | Mrs Isabella HUNT (mother), Mount Street, Waikouaiti | ||
Military Service
| Served with | NZ Armed Forces | Served in | Army |
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Embarkation Information
| Body on Embarkation | New Zealand Rifle Brigade | ||
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| Unit, Squadron, or Ship | 3rd reinforcements, 1st Battalion, E Company | ||
| Date | 8 January 1916 | ||
| Transport | Tahiti or Warrimoo | ||
| Embarked From | Destination | Suez, Egypt | |
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| Last Unit Served With | Canterbury Infantry Regiment | ||
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Award Circumstances and Date
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Prisoner of War Information
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Death
| Date | 11 October 1967 | Age | 79 years |
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| Place of Death | Christchurch | ||
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| Memorial or Cemetery | Ruru Lawn Cemetery, Christchurch | ||
| New Zealand Memorials | |||
Biographical Notes
John Frederick Hunt was born on 12 October 1888 at Catlins, Otago. He and his twin brother, Henry, were the sixth and seventh of the eighteen children of George and Isabella Nelson (née Grieve) Hunt. He was part of South Canterbury’s quota for the Ninth Reinforcements which left South Canterbury for Trentham on 18 October 1915. John was a farmer residing at Winchester when he enlisted. He suffered permanent disability through an ulcer. John married Isabella Agnes Bertha Rooke on 19 May 1921 at Temuka.
Sources
Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [23 September 2020]; NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [23 September 2020]; Ruru Lawn Cemetery burial record (Christchurch City Council) [23 September 2020]; Timaru Herald, 18 October 1915 (Papers Past) [September 2020]
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