HUNT, James Arthur Spencer
(Service number 7/2275)
| First Rank | Trooper | Last Rank |
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Birth
| Date | 2 February 1896 | Place of Birth | Bunnythorpe, Manawatu |
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Enlistment Information
| Date | Age | ||
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| Occupation | Labourer | ||
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| Marital Status | |||
| Next of Kin | Miss B. HUNT (sister), High Street, Waimate, Canterbury | ||
Military Service
| Served with | NZ Armed Forces | Served in | Army |
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Embarkation Information
| Body on Embarkation | New Zealand Expeditionary Force | ||
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| Unit, Squadron, or Ship | 0th Reinforcements, Canterbury Mounted rifles, C Squadron | ||
| Date | 4 March 1916 | ||
| Transport | Willochra or Tofua | ||
| Embarked From | Destination | Suez, Egypt | |
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Military Awards
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Award Circumstances and Date
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Prisoner of War Information
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Death
| Date | 26 September 1978 | Age | 82 years |
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| Place of Death | Nelson | ||
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| Memorial or Cemetery | Marsden Valley Cemetery, Nelson | ||
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Biographical Notes
James Arthur Spencer Hunt was the youngest son of Thomas and Anna (née Thim) Hunt. His brother Robert Herman Walter Thomas Hunt was killed in action in 1918 in France; another brother, Albert August Hunt, also served in World War I. James returned to Waimate in April 1919 per the troopship "Kaikoura".
Sources
Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [11 April 2019]; NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [10 April 2019]; Oamaru Mail [09 April 2019]
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