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HUNT, Alfred James
(Service number 80623)

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Birth

Date	29/05/1883	Place of Birth	Waimate

Enlistment Information

Date		Age
Address at Enlistment	The Willows, Main South Road, Waimate
Occupation	Farm labourer
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status	Married
Next of Kin	Mrs J. HUNT (wife), Lochiel, Southland
Religion	Church of England
Medical Information

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in	Army
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No information

Prisoner of War Information

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Discharge

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Post-war Occupations

Labourer

Death

Date	*1965	Age	82 years
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Notices
Memorial or Cemetery	Balclutha Cemetery
Memorial Reference
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

Alfred James Hunt was the son of William and Farnces (Fanny, née Black) Hunt. He married Elizabeth Ellen Butler in 1913 at Invercargill. Late in 1917 Alfred was drawn in the Second Ballot for Second Division Class A drafts.

Sources

Timaru Herald, 4 December 1917 (Papers Past) [08 August 2015]; NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [21 December 2019]; Balclutha Cemetery burial reference [22 December 2019]

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Researched and Written by

Teresa Scott, SC branch NZSG

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