
HUNTER, John William Crawford
Service Number: | 37331 |
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Enlisted: | 17 January 1917, Brisbane, Qld. |
Last Rank: | Gunner |
Last Unit: | 11th Field Artillery Brigade |
Born: | Brisbane, Qld., 20 April 1873 |
Home Town: | Red Hill, Brisbane, Queensland |
Schooling: | Brisbane Grammar School |
Occupation: | Accountant |
Died: | Killed in Action, France, 19 August 1918, aged 45 years |
Cemetery: |
Heath Cemetery, Picardie, France IV G 7 |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Brisbane Grammar School Memorial Library WW1 Honour Board 1 |
Biography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Robert HUNTER and Henrietta nee PRICE
Husband of Mrs Marie Hunter, 'Saythorpe', Victoria Street, Darlinghurst, New South Wales
Mr. J.W.C. Hunter, F.F.I.A., officer manager for Robert Jackson and Co., has joined the Expeditionary Force, and will go into camp tomorrow. He was the recipent of a handsome luminous wristlet watch from the head of the firm, and a pocket wallet and other gifts from the employees. Mr. Hunter is an old Brisbane Grammar School boy, and a son of Mr. Robert Hunter, Glenross-road, Red Hill. He qualified as a lieutenant in the Army Service Corps, but has joined the Expeditinary Force as a private in the Infantry.